Mapping the Aetiology of Non-Malarial Febrile Illness in Southeast Asia through a Systematic Review-Terra Incognita Impairing Treatment Policies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Acestor, Nathalie ^a   Cooksey, Richard ^b,c   Newton, Paul N ^b,c,d   Ménard, Didier ^e   Guerin, Philippe J ^b,c   Nakagawa, Jun ^f   Christophel, Eva ^f   González, Iveth J ^a   Bell, David ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^f The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DENGUE VIRUS; FEVER; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LEPTOSPIRA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PEER REVIEW; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TYPHOID FEVER;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DENGUE VIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 84866130433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044269     Document Type: Article

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