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SUBMITTER: Dalrymple U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5665646 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dalrymple Ursula U Cameron Ewan E Bhatt Samir S Weiss Daniel J DJ Gupta Sunetra S Gething Peter W PW
eLife 20171016
Suspected malaria cases in Africa increasingly receive a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) before antimalarials are prescribed. While this ensures efficient use of resources to clear parasites, the underlying cause of the individual's fever remains unknown due to potential coinfection with a non-malarial febrile illness. Widespread use of RDTs does not necessarily prevent over-estimation of clinical malaria cases or sub-optimal case management of febrile patients. We present a new approach that allows ...[more]