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Rickettsial illnesses, a leading cause of acute febrile illness [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2022
Rickettsial illnesses, comprising mainly spotted fever group, typhus group and scrub typhus, are vector-borne re-emerging or newly emerging febrile illnesses where humans are an accidental dead-end host. They are a major cause of non-malarial febrile illnesses among returned travellers.
R. Premaratna
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A review of acute febrile illness

Indian Journal of Microbiology Research, 2023
This review analyzes the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of major bacterial acute febrile illness (AFI). Existing studies on the AFI is focused the viral AFI agents, some bacterial and parasitic infections. Based on published literature only few studies have been able to identify major bacterial agents of AFI or show the ...
Magesh Babu Ramamurthy, Kumaran Vadivel, Nithiyanandan Saravanan, Prashanth Rajendiran, Balaji Nandagopal   +4 more
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Rickettsial Infections Are Neglected Causes of Acute Febrile Illness in Teluk Intan, Peninsular Malaysia

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Rickettsial infections are among the leading etiologies of acute febrile illness in Southeast Asia. However, recent data from Malaysia are limited. This prospective study was conducted in Teluk Intan, Peninsular Malaysia, during January to December 2016.
Muhamad Yazli Yuhana, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Pimpan Sujariyakul, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Kesinee Chotivanich, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Stuart D. Blacksell, Daniel H. Paris   +8 more
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Epidemiology of acute febrile illness in Latin America [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2018
The causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Latin America are diverse and their complexity increases as the proportion of fever due to malaria decreases, as malaria control measures and new pathogens emerge in the region. In this context, it is important to shed light on the gaps in the epidemiological characteristics and the geographic range for many
Moreira, J., Bressan, C.S., Brasil, P., Siqueira, A.M.   +3 more
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Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from culture-negative dried blood spots by real-time PCR in Nigerian children with acute febrile illness

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objectives Acute febrile illness is a common cause of hospital admission, and its associated infectious causes, of which a key bacterial causative agent is Streptococcus pneumoniae, contribute to substantial morbidity and mortality. We sought to evaluate
Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado, Mark R. Schleiss, Amy J. Yi, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Chuma Onuchukwu, Dominic Umoru, Stephen K. Obaro   +7 more
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Japanese encephalitis virus infection in non-encephalitic acute febrile illness patients.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Although Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is considered endemic in Indonesia, there are only limited reports of JEV infection from a small number of geographic areas within the country with the majority of these being neuroinvasive disease cases.
Chairin Nisa Ma'roef, Rama Dhenni, Dewi Megawati, Araniy Fadhilah, Anton Lucanus, I Made Artika, Sri Masyeni, Asri Lestarini, Kartika Sari, Ketut Suryana, Frilasita A Yudhaputri, Ungke Anton Jaya, R Tedjo Sasmono, Jeremy P Ledermann, Ann M Powers, Khin Saw Aye Myint   +15 more
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Approach to acute febrile illness during the COVID-19 pandemic

Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a febrile respiratory illness that has spread rampantly across the globe and has emerged as one of the biggest pandemics of all time. Besides the direct effects of COVID-19 on mortality, collateral impacts on diagnosis and management of acute febrile illnesses (AFI) is a matter of great concern.
Manasvini, Bhatt, Manish, Soneja, Nitin, Gupta   +2 more
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Brugada syndrome in patients with acute febrile illness

Indian Heart Journal, 2018
Background: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited electroclinical syndrome and can be occasionally precipitated by fever. The prevalence of Brugada-type electrocardiographic patterns (BTEP) due to febrile illnesses have not been previously studied in ...
Stalin Viswanathan, Rajeswari Aghoram
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Uncovering the viral aetiology of undiagnosed acute febrile illness in Uganda using metagenomic sequencing [PDF]

Nature Communications
Viruses associated with acute febrile illness in Africa cause a spectrum of clinical disease from mild to life-threatening. Routine diagnostic methods are insufficient to identify all viral pathogens in this region.
Shirin Ashraf, Hanna Jerome, Daniel Lule Bugembe, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Timothy Byaruhanga, John Timothy Kayiwa, Robert Downing, Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez, Maria G. Salazar, James G. Shepherd, Craig Wilkie, Chris Davis, Nicola Logan, Sreenu B. Vattipally, Gavin S. Wilkie, Ana da Silva Filipe, Alfred Ssekagiri, Prossy Namuwulya, Henry Bukenya, Brian K. Kigozi, Weronika Witkowska McConnell, Brian J. Willett, Stephen Balinandi, Julius Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu, Josephine Bwogi, Emma C. Thomson   +26 more
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Spectrum of Infections in Acute Febrile Illness in Central India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2017
Infectious agent when enters in the host results in febrile illness. This may lead to increase in morbidity or even mortality in undiagnosed/untreated cases. There are many aetiological agents which lead to acute febrile illness. Among these aetiological agents, important is bacterial or viral aetiology.The objective of this study is: (i) To know the ...
Yogendra Pandurang, Shelke, Vijayshri Suresh, Deotale, Deepashri Laxmanrao, Maraskolhe   +2 more
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