Time for a comprehensive approach to the syndrome of fever in the tropics

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 61-62

  Crump, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Bacteremia; Fever; Tropical medicine

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SYNDROME; TROPICS;

AFRICA; ASIA; BACTEREMIA; FEVER; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEVER; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84892959845     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt120     Document Type: Editorial

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