Journal article
Mapping the aetiology of non-malarial febrile illness in Southeast Asia through a systematic review--terra incognita impairing treatment policies.
- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: An increasing use of point of care diagnostic tests that exclude malaria, coupled with a declining malaria burden in many endemic countries, is highlighting the lack of ability of many health systems to manage other causes of febrile disease. A lack of knowledge of distribution of these pathogens, and a lack of screening and point-of-care diagnostics to identify them, prevents effective management of these generally treatable contributors to disease burden. While prospective data ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Funding
United Kingdom Department For International Development
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Wellcome Trust
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French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS one Journal website
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 9
- Article number:
- e44269
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1932-6203
- ISSN:
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1932-6203
- Source identifiers:
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350500
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:350500
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Acestor et al
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Notes:
- Copyright Acestor et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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