Rapid diagnostic tests for non-malarial febrile illness in the tropics
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Rapid diagnostic tests for non-malarial febrile illness in the tropics.
The recent roll-out of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has highlighted the decreasing proportion of malaria-attributable illness in endemic areas. Unfortunately, once malaria is excluded, there are few accessible diagnostic tools to guide the management of severe febrile illnesses in low resource settings. This review summarizes the current state of RDT development for several key inf...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12154