Causes of acute, undifferentiated, febrile illness in rural Thailand: Results of a prospective observational study

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-370

  Suttinont, C ^a   Losuwanaluk, K ^b   Niwatayakul, K ^c   Hoontrakul, S ^d   Intaranongpai, W ^e   Silpasakorn, S ^f   Suwancharoen, D ^g   Panlar, P ^h   Saisongkorh, W ^h   Rolain, J M ⁱ   Raoult, D ⁱ   Suputtamongkol, Y ^f  

^a MAHARAT NAKHON RATCHASIMA HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Banmai Chaiyapod Hospital   (Thailand)

^c Muang Loei Ram Hospital   (Thailand)

^d Chumphon Hospital   (Thailand)

^e Ratchaburi Regional Hospital   (Thailand)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Thailand)

^h MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DENGUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL AREA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY; TYPHUS; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SCRUB TYPHUS; THAILAND; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33749019127     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X112158     Document Type: Article

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