ArticleMalariaWorld journal2014
Performance and clinical usefulness of the Optimal-IT
Article in MalariaWorld journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Abstract
Background: In Africa, malaria care is mostly based on clinical presumption and the general application of antimalarial treatment to all febrile episodes over several years. Treatment limited to confirmed cases might curb the practice of equating fever with malaria, antimalarial drug abuse and the extension of Materials and Methods: A prospective study conducted in the forest region of San Pedro, Côte d'Ivoire, included patients exhibiting clinical signs of uncomplicated malaria who gave their consent and benefited from thick blood film (TBF), blood smear (BS) and Optimal-IT Results: The mean age of the 384 patients included (209 men, 175 women) was 28 years and the mean temperature was 38.1°C. TBF/BS and Optimal-IT Conclusions: The Optimal-IT
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