Diagnosis of malaria in a remote area of the Philippines: comparison of techniques and their acceptance by health workers and the community

• Main Authors: Bell David (Author), Go Rouel (Author), Miguel Cynthia (Author), Walker John (Author), Cacal Lillibeth (Author), Saul Allan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacies of remote symptom-based diagnosis of malaria, rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy in an area of low endemicity in the Philippines. METHODS: In Trial I, 350 symptomatic patients were tested within their villages using malaria Plasmodium falciparum (Pf)/Plasmodiu...