Etiology of Severe Non-malaria Febrile Illness in Northern Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Crump, John A ^a,b,c,d,e   Morrissey, Anne B ^a   Nicholson, William L ^f   Massung, Robert F ^f   Stoddard, Robyn A ^g   Galloway, Renee L ^g   Ooi, Eng Eong ^h   Maro, Venance P ^c,d   Saganda, Wilbrod ⁱ   Kinabo, Grace D ^c,d   Muiruri, Charles ^a,b   Bartlett, John A ^a,b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

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

^h DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

ⁱ Mawenzi Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; TYPHUS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84880832000     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002324     Document Type: Article

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