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Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology of the organism in Africa
A Benkirane, A Benslimani, A Corwin, A Omezzine-Letaief, A OmezzineLetaief, A Rekiki, A Znazen, AA Adesiyun, AA Adesiyun, AP Schutte, AR Kamga-Waladjo, B Adu-Addai, B Gummow, BD Perry, BP Mmbando, C Geiger, C Karema, D Schellenberg, E Angelakis, E Schelling, Elizabeth A. Reddy, EM Scrimgeour, F Scolamacchia, G Maartens, GA Ki-Zerbo, GM Blanc, H Tissot-Dupont, H Tissot-Dupont, HG Nahed, HT Dupont, J Domenech, J Julvez, JA Crump, JB Haumesser, JG Ayres, JH McQuiston, Jo E. B. Halliday, John A. Crump, L Epelboin, L Luoto, M Berri, M Georgiev, M Maurin, M Prabhu, M. Kariuki Njenga, Matthew P. Rubach, MO Hussien, N Kaabia, NM Anstey, P Brouqui, PE Fournier, R Gidel, R Gidel, R Kobbe, S Koulla-Shiro, S Koulla-Shiro, S Mazeri, Sarah Cleaveland, Sky Vanderburg, SMS Amal, SP Fiorillo, SR Manock, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, WF Amin, WP O'Meara, Y Maurice   +67 more
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Hyperferritinemia Drives Risk: Unravelling the Association Between Ferritin Levels and Multi-Organ Dysfunction in Acute Febrile Illness: An Emergency Medicine Perspective. [PDF]

Cureus
Singla N, Sharma N, Sharma N, Bhatia M, Sharma N.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Reducing Uncertainty for Acute Febrile Illness in Resource-Limited Settings: The Current Diagnostic Landscape [PDF]

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
Matthew L. Robinson, Yukari C. Manabe
openalex   +2 more sources

Evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for detection of scrub typhus in patients with acute febrile illness presenting to a Tertiary Care Center in Puducherry, India [PDF]

Journal of Laboratory Physicians, 2019
PURPOSE: Scrub typhus an acute febrile illness has diverse clinical manifestations, which overlap with other febrile illnesses. Due to this reason, it is misdiagnosed, leading to inappropriate treatment, sometimes resulting in fatality.
Anitha Karthikeyan, S. L. Hoti, Reba Kanungo   +2 more
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Useful clinical features and hematological parameters for the diagnosis of dengue infection in patients with acute febrile illness: a retrospective study [PDF]

BMC Hematology, 2018
BackgroundDengue infection patients are presented with acute febrile illness. Clinical presentations may mimic other infections. The serology for definite diagnosis is costly and inaccessible in many hospitals. We sought to identify the clinical features
Juthatip Chaloemwong, Adisak Tantiworawit, Thanawat Rattanathammethee, Sasinee Hantrakool, Chatree Chai‐Adisaksopha, Ekarat Rattarittamrong, Lalita Norasetthada   +6 more
openalex   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Learning meaningful latent space representations for patient risk stratification: Model development and validation for dengue and other acute febrile illness

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2023
Background Increased data availability has prompted the creation of clinical decision support systems. These systems utilise clinical information to enhance health care provision, both to predict the likelihood of specific clinical outcomes or evaluate ...
Bernard Hernandez, Oliver Stiff, D. Ming, H. Q. Chanh, N. L. Vuong, N. M. Tuan, C. Vinh, N. Nguyen, H. N. Quang, L. Khanh, D. Tam, Trung Dinh The, Trung-Truc Huynh-Le, B. Wills, C. Simmons, Alison H. Holmes, S. Yacoub, P. Georgiou   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investigating the etiology of acute febrile illness: a prospective clinic-based study in Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Historically, malaria has been the predominant cause of acute febrile illness (AFI) in sub-Saharan Africa. However, during the last two decades, malaria incidence has declined due to concerted public health control efforts, including the ...
B. Kigozi, G. Kharod, H. Bukenya, S. Shadomy, D. Haberling, R. Stoddard, R. Galloway, Phionah Tushabe, A. Nankya, Thomas Nsibambi, E. Mbidde, J. Lutwama, J. Perniciaro, W. Nicholson, W. Bower, J. Bwogi, D. Blaney   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Oropouche virus as an emerging cause of acute febrile illness in Colombia

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Arbovirus infections are frequent causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) in tropical countries. We conducted health facility-based AFI surveillance at four sites in Colombia (Cucuta, Cali, Villavicencio, Leticia) during 2019-2022.
K. Ciuoderis, M. Berg, L. Pérez, A. Hadji, L. S. Pérez-Restrepo, Leidi Carvajal Aristizabal, Kenn Forberg, J. Yamaguchi, Andrés Cardona, Sonja Weiss, X. Qiu, J. Hernandez-Ortiz, F. Averhoff, G. Cloherty, J. Osorio   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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