Short communication: An assessment of the use of malaria rapid tests by village health volunteers in rural Laos.

Rapid malaria diagnosis, a key component of malaria control strategies, is hampered by the expense and training requirements of reliable microscopy. Rapid malaria antigen tests may improve the diagnosis of malaria in the rural tropics. After 1 h training 64 village health volunteers (VHVs) from rura...

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Autors principals: Mayxay, M, Newton, P, Yeung, S, Pongvongsa, T, Phompida, S, Phetsouvanh, R, White, N
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2004