Prevalence of Bacterial Febrile Illnesses in Children in Kilosa District, Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Chipwaza, Beatrice ^a,b   Mhamphi, Ginethon G ^c   Ngatunga, Steve D ^d   Selemani, Majige ^b   Amuri, Mbaraka ^e   Mugasa, Joseph P ^f   Gwakisa, Paul S ^a,c  

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

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e JHPIEGO   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FEBRILE ILLNESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COINFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PARASITOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84930656038     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003750     Document Type: Article

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