Published in PLoS Med on January 06, 2009
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Using community-owned resource persons to provide early diagnosis and treatment and estimate malaria burden at community level in north-eastern Tanzania. Malar J (2012) 1.03
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A refined estimate of the malaria burden in Niger. Malar J (2012) 0.95
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Evaluation of the OnSite (Pf/Pan) rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of clinical malaria. Malar J (2012) 0.89
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Factors influencing choice of care-seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: a study using case-control methodology. Malar J (2016) 0.75
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The usefulness of a new rapid diagnostic test, the First Response Malaria Combo (pLDH/HRP2) card test, for malaria diagnosis in the forested belt of central India. Malar J (2008) 2.07
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Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to distribute nine million free LLINs to children under five years of age in Tanzania. Malar J (2011) 2.18
Questionnaires for rapid screening of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. Bull World Health Organ (2002) 2.15
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