Prevalence and predictors of urinary tract infection and severe malaria among febrile children attending Makongoro health centre in Mwanza city, North-Western Tanzania

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Msaki, Bahati P ^a,b   Mshana, Stephen E ^c   Hokororo, Adolfina ^a   Mazigo, Humphrey D ^a   Morona, Domenica ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Sekou Toure Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c WEILL BUGANDO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Fever; Malaria; Tanzania; Under fives; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862142752     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/0778-7367-70-4     Document Type: Article

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