Non-malarial febrile illness: a systematic review of published aetiological studies and case reports from Africa, 1980–2015
Abstract Background The availability of reliable point-of-care tests for malaria has heralded a paradigm shift in the management of febrile illnesses away from presumptive antimalarial therapy. In the absence of a definitive diagnosis, health care providers are more likely to prescribe empirical ant...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01744-1 |