Undifferentiated febrile illness in Kathmandu, Nepal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 875-878

  Thompson, Corinne N ^a   Blacksell, Stuart D ^b   Paris, Daniel H ^b   Arjyal, Amit ^c   Karkey, Abhilasha ^c   Dongol, Sabina ^c   Giri, Abhishek ^c   Dolecek, Christiane ^a   Day, Nick ^b   Baker, Stephen ^a   Thwaites, Guy ^a   Farrar, Jeremy ^a   Basnyat, Buddha ^c  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHUS; UNDIFFERENTIATED FEBRILE ILLNESS; URBAN AREA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

HANTAVIRUS; MURINAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEVER; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; NEPAL; OFLOXACIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 84926313074     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0709     Document Type: Article

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