Dengue and Chikungunya Fever among Viral Diseases in Outpatient Febrile Children in Kilosa District Hospital, Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Chipwaza, Beatrice ^a,b   Mugasa, Joseph P ^c   Selemani, Majige ^b   Amuri, Mbaraka ^d   Mosha, Fausta ^e   Ngatunga, Steve D ^f   Gwakisa, Paul S ^a,g  

^a NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d JHPIEGO   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^g SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84920527671     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003335     Document Type: Article

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