Rapid Diagnostic Test-Based Management of Malaria: An Effectiveness Study in Papua New Guinean Infants With Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Malaria
Rapid Diagnostic Test-Based Management of Malaria: An Effectiveness Study in Papua New Guinean Infants With Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Malaria
Author
Senn, Nicolas. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Rarau, Patricia. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Manong, Doris. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Salib, Mary. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Siba, Peter. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Robinson, Leanne J.. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Reeder, John. Burnet Institute
Rogerson, Stephen. University of Melbourne
Mueller, Ivo. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Genton, Blaise. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Document Type
Postprint
Language
English
Published in
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012, vol. 54, no. 5, p. 644-651. Oxford University Press
This study shows that treatment for malaria based exclusively on rapid diagnostic test results is safe and feasible even in infants living in areas with moderate to high endemicity for both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections