Community Case Management of Fever Due to Malaria and Pneumonia in Children Under Five in Zambia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
, 2010 In a cluster randomized trial, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi and colleagues find that integrated management of malaria and pneumonia in children under five by community health workers is both feasible and effective. BACKGROUND.
Hamainza, Busiku +12 more
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Global knowledge gaps in acute febrile illness etiologic investigations: A scoping review
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 Background Acute febrile illness (AFI), a common reason for people seeking medical care globally, represents a spectrum of infectious disease etiologies with important variations geographically and by population.
Chulwoo Rhee +7 more
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Epilepsy syndromes classification
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Epilepsy syndromes are distinct electroclinical entities which have been recently defined by the International League Against Epilepsy Nosology and Definitions Task Force. Each syndrome is associated with “a characteristic cluster of clinical and EEG features, often supported by specific etiologic findings”.
Elaine C. Wirrell +4 more
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Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Weekly Activity Report, May 29, 2009, revised Week 20 [PDF]
, 2009 Weekly report of the Iowa Influenza Surveillance Network produced by the Iowa Department of Public ...
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Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]
, 2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force +9 more
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Acute Febrile Illness Caused by Brucella Abortus Infection in Humans in Pakistan
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 Brucellosis is a zoonosis of great and worldwide public health concern that can cause a severe febrile illness in humans. In Pakistan, brucellosis is a critical problem in both animals and humans.
Arbab Saddique +8 more
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Febrile status epilepticus and epileptogenesis: The FEBSTAT study
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract The multicenter FEBSTAT study (Consequences of Prolonged Febrile Seizures in Childhood: https://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R37‐NS043209‐12; PI S. Shinnar) examined the outcome of febrile status epilepticus (FSE) in over 200 prospectively enrolled infants, with many followed for 10 years after FSE.
Darrell V. Lewis +14 more
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Platelet indices as an acute phase reactant
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2019 Objective: Objectives: To investigate in children with febrile illness the correlation between Platelet Indices and C reactive protein (CRP) Methods: Descriptive study which included 400 children over one year admitted with febrile illness.
Kalyani Pillai +2 more
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Cardiovascular involvement in Kawaski Disease [PDF]
, 2005 This article contains a case report of a 19 month old child with Kawasaki Disease who developed bilateral giant coronary artery aneurysms.peer ...
Chintala, Kavitha +2 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]
, 2014 Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick +13 more
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