Beyond malaria - Causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 809-817

  D'Acremont, Valérie ^a,b,e   Kilowoko, Mary ^f   Kyungu, Esther ^h   Philipina, Sister ^h   Sangu, Willy ^f   Kahama Maro, Judith ^a,e   Lengeler, Christian ^a   Cherpillod, Pascal ^d   Kaiser, Laurent ^d   Genton, Blaise ^a,b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e Dar Es Salaam City Council   (Tanzania)

^f Amana District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^g IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^h Ifakara Medical College   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; NOSE SMEAR; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; TANZANIA; THROAT CULTURE; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84896739209     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1214482     Document Type: Article

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