Challenges of establishing the correct diagnosis of outbreaks of acute febrile illnesses in Africa: The case of a likely Brucella outbreak among nomadic pastoralists, Northeast Kenya, March-July 2005

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 909-912

  Ari, Mary D ^a,i,j,k,l   Guracha, Argata ^a,b,i,j,k,l   Fadeel, Moustafa Abdel ^a,c,i,j,k,l   Njuguna, Charles ^a,d,i,j,k,l   Njenga, M Kariuki ^a,e,i,j,k,l   Kalani, Rosalia ^a,d,i,j,k,l   Abdi, Hassan ^a,f,i,j,k,l   Warfu, Osman ^a,f,i,j,k,l   Omballa, Victor ^a,e,i,j,k,l   Tetteh, Christopher ^a,h,i,j,k,l   Breiman, Robert F ^a,e,i,j,k,l   Pimentel, Guillermo ^a,d,i,j,k,l   Feikin, Daniel R ^a,g,i,j,k,l  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WHO Garissa Field Office   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^e Garissa Ministry of Health   (Kenya)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Faculty of Public Health   (Ghana)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program   (Kenya)

^j Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^k Garissa District Ministry of Health   (Kenya)

^l US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KENYA; LEPTOSPIRA; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MILK; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA;

EID: 81155137289     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0030     Document Type: Article

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