| Title |
Malaria misdiagnosis in Uganda – implications for policy change
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-8-66 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joan Nankabirwa, Dejan Zurovac, Julius N Njogu, John B Rwakimari, Helen Counihan, Robert W Snow, James K Tibenderana |
| Abstract |
In Uganda, like in many other countries traditionally viewed as harbouring very high malaria transmission, the norm has been to recommend that febrile episodes are diagnosed as malaria. In this study, the policy implications of such recommendations are revisited. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 205 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Thailand | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 196 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 51 | 25% |
| Researcher | 31 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 33 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 65 | 32% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 42 | 20% |
| Unknown | 40 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
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#5,114,759
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#1,351
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#16,051
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#7
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