Cost-effectiveness analysis of rapid diagnostic test, microscopy and syndromic approach in the diagnosis of malaria in Nigeria: implications for scaling-up deployment of ACT
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* Corresponding author: Benjamin SC Uzochukwu bscuzochukwu@yahoo.com
Malaria Journal 2009, 8:265 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-265
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