COVID-19 in patients presenting with malaria-like symptoms at a primary healthcare facility in Accra, Ghana.

Issabella AsamoahMildred A Adusei-PokuPriscilla Vandyck-SeyAllen Steele-DadzieAtta Senior KuffourAlbert TurksonIvy Asantewaa AsanteKantanka Addo-OsafoQuaneeta MohktarBright AduYaw A AfraneKwamena W C Sagoe

Published in: PloS one (2024)

It may be difficult to use clinical characteristics to distinguish between patients with COVID-19 having malaria-like symptoms. Detection of IgM using RDTs may be useful in predicting CT values for SARS-CoV-2 real-time PCR and therefore transmission.

Keyphrases

real time pcr
sars cov
healthcare
plasmodium falciparum
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease
computed tomography
sleep quality
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health information
health insurance