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Healthcare Utilization Patterns for Acute Febrile Illness in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: Results from the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Characterizing healthcare-seeking patterns for acute febrile illness is critical for generating population-based enteric fever incidence estimates from facility-based surveillance data.
J. Andrews, K. Vaidya, S. Saha, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, C. Hemlock, A. Longley, K. Aiemjoy, A. Yu, I. Bogoch, D. Tamrakar, K. Date, S. Saha, D. Garrett, S. Luby, F. Qamar   +14 more
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Arboviruses as an unappreciated cause of non-malarial acute febrile illness in the Dschang Health District of western Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Acute febrile illness is a common problem managed by clinicians and health systems globally, particularly in the Tropics. In many regions, malaria is a leading and potentially deadly cause of fever; however, myriad alternative etiologies exist ...
I. Ali, Valery P. K. Tchuenkam, Mia Colton, V. Stittleburg, C. Mitchell, Claudia Gaither, K. Thwai, D. Espinoza, Yerun Zhu, Haaris Jamal, A. Key, J. Juliano, T. Christopher, A. Piantadosi, J. Waggoner, M. Collins   +15 more
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Blackwater fever and acute kidney injury in children hospitalized with an acute febrile illness: pathophysiology and prognostic significance

BMC Medicine, 2022
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) and blackwater fever (BWF) are related but distinct renal complications of acute febrile illness in East Africa. The pathogenesis and prognostic significance of BWF and AKI are not well understood.
Andrea L. Conroy, Michael T. Hawkes, Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Ivan Mufumba, Michelle C. Starr, Kathleen Zhong, Sophie Namasopo, Chandy C. John, Robert O. Opoka, Kevin C. Kain   +9 more
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An observational prospective cohort study of the epidemiology of hospitalized patients with acute febrile illness in Indonesia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Background The epidemiology of acute febrile illness, a common cause of hospitalization in Indonesia, has not been systematically studied. Methodology/Principal findings This prospective observational study enrolled febrile patients (temperature ≥38°C ...
M. H. Gasem, H. Kosasih, E. Tjitra, B. Alisjahbana, M. Karyana, Dewi Lokida, A. Neal, Jason Liang, A. T. Aman, M. Arif, P. Sudarmono, Suharto, T. Merati, V. Lisdawati, Siswanto, S. Siddiqui, H. Lane   +16 more
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Acute Febrile Illness and Complications Due to Murine Typhus, Texas, USA, [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Murine typhus occurs relatively commonly in southern Texas, as well as in California. We reviewed records of 90 adults and children in whom murine typhus was diagnosed during a 3-year period in 2 hospitals in southern Texas, USA.
Zeeshan Afzal, Sunand Kallumadanda, Feng Wang, V. Hemmige, D. Musher   +4 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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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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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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Febrile Illness Associated with Rickettsia conorii Infection in Dogs from Sicily [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
We report serologic and molecular evidence of acute, febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii in 3 male Yorkshire terriers from Sicily (Italy).
Laia Solano-Gallego, Linda Kidd, Michele Trotta, Marco Di Marco, Marco Caldin, Tommaso Furlanello, Edward B. Breitschwerdt   +6 more
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Confirmation of Zika virus infection through hospital-based sentinel surveillance of acute febrile illness in Uganda,  2014-2017.

Journal of General Virology, 2018
Zika virus (ZIKV), transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes, was first isolated in Uganda in 1947. From February 2014 to October 2017, the Uganda Virus Research Institute, in collaboration with the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, conducted
J. Kayiwa, A. Nankya, Irene J. Ataliba, E. Mossel, M. Crabtree, J. Lutwama   +5 more
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