Decreasing incidence of severe malaria and community-acquired bacteraemia among hospitalized children in Muheza, north-eastern Tanzania, 2006-2010

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mtove, George ^a,b   Amos, Ben ^b,c   Nadjm, Behzad ^b,d   Hendriksen, Ilse C E ^b,e   Dondorp, Arjen M ^e   Mwambuli, Abraham ^b   Kim, Deok Ryun ^f   Ochiai, R Leon ^f   Clemens, John D ^f   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b,g   Reyburn, Hugh ^b,d   Deen, Jacqueline ^b,f,g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^c Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^f International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^g MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; invasive non typhoidal salmonellosis; malaria; typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BACTEREMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANZANIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; MALARIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 80054961712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-320     Document Type: Article

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