Abstract

Studies document overdiagnosis of malaria and misprescription of malaria treatment in Africa, but what about Asia? To explore this issue, investigators undertook an observational study to assess the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment at 22 healthcare clinics in Afghanistan, a country in which vivax malaria predominates and transmission is seasonal. The study involved 10 clinics (5 that used clinical diagnosis and 5 that had newly established laboratories with smear microscopy) in the …

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