Etiology of pediatric fever in Western Kenya: A case-control study of falciparum Malaria, Respiratory Viruses, and Streptococcal Pharyngitis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1030-1037

  O'Meara, Wendy P ^a,b   Mott, Joshua A ^c   Laktabai, Jeremiah ^d   Wamburu, Kabura ^c   Fields, Barry ^c   Armstrong, Janice ^d   Taylor, Steve M ^a   MacIntyre, Charles ^e   Sen, Reeshi ^e   Menya, Diana ^d   Pan, William ^e   Nicholson, Bradly P ^b   Woods, Christopher W ^b   Holland, Thomas L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84929095420     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0560     Document Type: Article

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