Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 444-447 , May 2006

Use of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in an emergency situation after the flood disaster in Mozambique

  • M. Hashizume

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Public and Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Public and Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Tel.: +44 207 927 2135; fax: +44 207 580 4524.
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  • H. Kondo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • T. Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Prefectural Senri Critical Care Medical Centre, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Kodama

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • S. Nakahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • M.E.S. Lucas

      Affiliations

    • Ministerio da Saude, Maputo, Mozambique
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  • S. Wakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Received 28 January 2005 ,Revised 19 September 2005 ,Accepted 5 November 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00009-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.11.007

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 444-447 , May 2006

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