Frequency and correlates of malaria overdiagnosis and treatment in western Kenya

• Main Authors: F M Onchiri (Author), P Pavlinac (Author), B O Singa (Author), J N Mulongo (Author), C Farquhar (Author), G C John-Stewart (Author), J Walson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Despite decreasing malaria burden in sub-Saharan Africa, fever in children is frequently attributed to malaria and empirically treated with antimalarial drugs. The 2010 WHO guidelines recommend laboratory confirmation of malaria before initiating therapy, but the uptake of these guidelin...