Reliability of rapid diagnostic tests in diagnosing pregnancy and infant-associated malaria in Nigeria

Summary: Background: The effective management of maternal and infant malaria requires rational and prompt diagnosis. This study aims to determine the diagnostic efficiency of malaria RDT in infants and pregnant women. Methods: The study was conducted on infants (n = 200), pregnant women (n = 80) an...

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Main Authors: Oyetunde T. Oyeyemi, Oluwarotimi J. Sode, Olalekan D. Adebayo, Grace O. Mensah-Agyei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115002142