Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Acutely Febrile Children with Suspected Malaria at Health Care Facilities in the Lake Mwanza Region of Tanzania.

"Disclosures: Ethical clearance (CREC/109/2016) for the use of sera and dried blood spot (DBS)-derived specimens was obtained from a joint CUHAS/BMC ethics review committee of the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) and Bugando Medical Centre (BMC). Ethical approval of the study was also obtained from the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) of Tanzania (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/2641), including data and material transfer agreements. Informed written consent was obtained from a parent or guardian of each child enrolled in the study."

"Financial support: This study was supported by the European Virus Archive goes Global project, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement number 653316. The project was partially funded by Else-Kröner Fresenius Stiftung Klinikpartnerschaften (Bad Homburg, Germany) grant number 1601079."