Rationalization of the Laboratory Diagnosis for Good Management of Malaria: Lessons from Transitional Methods

• Main Authors: Ngaba, Neguemadji N, Khan, Imteyaz A, Hange, Namrata, Pormento, Maria kezia Lourdes Ligsay, Somagutta, Manoj Kumar Reddy, Kumar, Ajay, Abdelkerim, Youssouf, Djindimadje, Alarangue, Jahan, Samia
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: pyrogen; adolescent; age; Article; blood smear; cell density; child; controlled study; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic test accuracy study; disease severity; erythrocyte count; female; fever; Giemsa stain; health care access; human; infant; intermethod comparison; intermethod reliability; interview; major clinical study; malaria; male; parasitemia; patient referral; positivity rate; predictive value; preschool child; prevalence; sensitivity and specificity; threshold limit value; Diseases; Medicine and Health Sciences; Parasitic Diseases; Tropical Medicine
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/99; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1100&context=asmph-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Introduction. Malaria is an endemic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. In clinical practice, the main concern is the overdiagnosis of malaria leading to inappropriate drug prescription without laboratory confirmation. Objective. This study aimed to evaluate clinical examination reliability compared with...