Defining falciparum-malaria-attributable severe febrile illness in moderate-to-high transmission settings on the basis of plasma PfHRP2 concentration

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-361

  Hendriksen, Ilse C E ^a,b   White, Lisa J ^a,b   Veenemans, Jacobien ^e,f   Mtove, George ^g   Woodrow, Charles ^a,b   Amos, Ben ^h   Saiwaew, Somporn ^a   Gesase, Samwel ^g   Nadjm, Behzad ^c   Silamut, Kamolrat ^a   Joseph, Sarah ^d   Chotivanich, Kesinee ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ⁱ   Verhoef, Hans ^d,e   Reyburn, Hugh ^c   White, Nicholas J ^a,b   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^h Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

ⁱ MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

asymptomatic parasitemia; bacteremia; case definition; histidine rich protein 2; malaria attributable disease; Plasmodium falciparum; severe malaria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA;

EID: 84871799781     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis675     Document Type: Article

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