Aetiologies of non-malaria febrile episodes in children under 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 943-955

  Kiemde, Francois ^a,b   Spijker, René ^c,d   Mens, Petra F ^b,c   Tinto, Halidou ^a   Boele, Michael ^c   Schallig, Henk D F H ^b  

^a Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aetiology; children; fever; malaria; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BACTERIUM; CHILD HEALTH; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETIOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DENGUE VIRUS; ENTAMOEBA COLI; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DENGUE VIRUS; KLEBSIELLA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84981200498     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12722     Document Type: Review

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