Effect of Test-Based versus Presumptive Treatment of Malaria in Under-Five Children in Rural Ghana--A Cluster-Randomised Trial.

BACKGROUND:Malaria-endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting from the presumptive approach that is based on clinical judgement (CJ) to the test-based approach that is based on confirmation through test with rapid diagnostic tests (RDT). It has been suggested that the loss of the prophylac...

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Main Authors: Frank Baiden, Jane Bruce, Jayne Webster, Mathilda Tivura, Rupert Delmini, Seeba Amengo-Etego, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Daniel Chandramohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4824463?pdf=render