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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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Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
We conducted enhanced acute febrile illness surveillance in an urban slum community in Salvador, Brazil. We found that rickettsial infection accounted for 3.5% of urgent care visits for acute fever.
John B. Fournier, Lucas S. Blanton, Nivison Nery, Elsio A. Wunder, Federico Costa, Mitermayer G. Reis, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, David H. Walker, Albert I. Ko   +8 more
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Antibiotic trends in acute febrile illness [PDF]

International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2017
Background: Acute febrile illness has various etiologies. Different antimicrobials are used for different causes of fever to treat and there are interpersonal variations in prescription of antimicrobials. Therefore this study aims at to analyze the trends in the antimicrobial prescription in patients of acute febrile illness due to various etiologies ...
Riyaz Ahmed Siddiqui, Tanaji R. Shende, Y. Dhoble, Archana S. Borkar   +3 more
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Chikungunya as a cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2006 after a 40-year hiatus. We sought to identify and characterize acute chikungunya infection (CHIK) in patients presenting with acute undifferentiated febrile illness in unstudied rural and ...
Megan E Reller, Ufuoma Akoroda, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikaarachchi, John J Strouse, Robert Chua, Yan'an Hou, Angelia Chow, October M Sessions, Truls Østbye, Duane J Gubler, Christopher W Woods, Champica Bodinayake   +13 more
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Clinical spectrum and management outcomes of acute febrile illness Among children attending health facilities in northwestern Tanzania, 2020–2021 [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundThe diagnostic challenges of febrile illness in children in low-resource settings and the risks of empirical overtreatment. We evaluated the range of clinical presentations and management outcomes in a cohort of children with acute febrile ...
Neema M. Kayange, Neema M. Kayange, Oliver Ombeva Malande, Oliver Ombeva Malande, Oliver Ombeva Malande, Stephan Gehring, Silvia Scialabba, Britta Groendahl, Philip Koliopoulos, Stephen E. Mshana   +9 more
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Oropouche virus screening among acute febrile illness cases in Thailand: no evidence of circulation in arboviral-endemic regions [PDF]

BMC Research Notes
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever, an acute febrile illness with clinical symptoms similar to other arboviral infections. Accurate laboratory confirmation is essential to differentiate OROV from other tropical diseases and avoid inappropriate
Sarawut Khongwichit, Piyada Linsuwanon, Sirima Wongwairot, Erica Lindroth, Yong Poovorawan   +4 more
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in Scrub typhus – An under recognized complication!

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi. It usually presents with high-grade fever, body aches, and skin rash.
Sangita Kamath, Tauheed Ahmed, Manish Kumar, Ashok Sunder   +3 more
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Scrub Typhus among Febrile Patients Admitted to the Department of Medicine in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by obligate intracellular bacteria of the family Rickettsia after an incubation period of 6-21 days. The disease may lead to several complications such as acute hepatitis, sepsis, myocarditis,
Sanjeeb Shrestha, Shanti Pradhan, Niranjan Shrestha, Mitesh Karn   +3 more
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Study of Aetiology and Outcome in Acute Febrile Illness Patients with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Acute febrile illness with Multi Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) carries significant morbidity and mortality despite standard therapy in intensive care settings.
Bhanukumar Muthaiah, Thippeswamy Thippeswamy, Srinivas Kondareddy, Prathima Chikkegowda   +3 more
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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.
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