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Oropouche infection a neglected arbovirus in patients with acute febrile illness from the Peruvian coast

BMC Research Notes, 2020
To evaluate the frequency of infection caused by the Oropouche virus (OROV) in 496 patients with acute febrile disease (AFI), whose samples were obtained for the analysis of endemic arboviruses in a previous investigation carried out in 2016.
J. Martins-Luna, J. del Valle-Mendoza, W. Silva-Caso, Isabel Sandoval, L. D. Del Valle, C. Palomares-Reyes, H. Carrillo-Ng, I. Peña-Tuesta, M. Aguilar-Luis   +8 more
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Point-of-care measurement of blood lactate in children admitted with febrile illness to an African District Hospital. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Lactic acidosis is a consistent predictor of mortality owing to severe infectious disease, but its detection in low-income settings is limited to the clinical sign of "deep breathing" because of the lack of accessible technology for its ...
Acierno, B. Amos, B. Nadjm, Day, English, English, English, F. Muro, G. Mtove, Gore, H. Reyburn, I. C. E. Hendriksen, J. Todd, Kahigwa, Krishna, Krishna, Maitland, Marsh, Marsh, Molyneux, Nadjm, Reyburn, Taylor   +22 more
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Antibiotic trends in acute febrile illness

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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Rickettsial Diseases: Not Uncommon Causes of Acute Febrile Illness in India

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Rickettsial diseases (RDs) are major under-diagnosed causes of arthropod borne acute febrile illness (AFI) presenting with a range of symptoms from mild self-limiting fever to fatal sepsis.
M. Biswal, Sivanantham Krishnamoorthi, K. Bisht, A. Sehgal, Jasleen Kaur, N. Sharma, V. Suri, S. Sethi   +7 more
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The Human Virome in Children and its Relationship to Febrile Illness [PDF]

, 2010
This study investigates the relationship of viruses to febrile illness in children. Subjects are normal children 2-36 months of age with fever along with normal children of the same age without fever, plus immunocompromised children with fever along ...
David Jaffe, Erica Sodergren, George Weinstock, Gregory Storch, Gregory Storch, Jared Muenzer, Kristine Wylie, Max Arens, Richard Buller   +8 more
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Aetiology of acute febrile illness among children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The diagnosis of non-malarial aetiologies, which now represent the majority of febrile illnesses, has remained problematic in settings with limited laboratory capacity.
Techalew Shimelis, B. Tadesse, Fitsum W/Gebriel, J. Crump, G. Schierhout, S. Dittrich, J. Kaldor, Susana Vaz Nery   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Increasing prevalence of malaria and acute dengue virus coinfection in Africa: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of cross-sectional studies

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Malaria and dengue fever are the leading causes of acute, undifferentiated febrile illness. In Africa, misdiagnosis of dengue fever as malaria is a common scenario.
Tewelde T. Gebremariam, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Zeleke M. Kurmane, Jonas B. Danquah   +3 more
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Burden of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness attending tertiary care hospital in Chitwan, Nepal

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Scrub typhus is an emerging neglected tropical disease, reported from many parts of Asia including Nepal. This study aims to determine the seroepidemiology of scrub typhus among febrile patients attending Chitwan Medical College Teaching ...
S. Thapa, P. Hamal, N. Chaudhary, L. B. Sapkota, J. Singh   +4 more
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Diagnosis of Murine Typhus by Serology in Peninsular Malaysia: A Case Report Where Rickettsial Illnesses, Leptospirosis and Dengue Co-Circulate

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019
Murine typhus is a rarely diagnosed cause of acute febrile illness in Malaysia, and its true disease burden is unknown. We report a case of an acute murine typhus infection in a patient living in a small city in Peninsular Malaysia, presenting with fever,
Yazli Yuhana, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Pimpan Sujariyakul, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Kesinee Chotivanich, Daniel H. Paris, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Stuart D. Blacksell, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn   +8 more
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Murine Typhus: A Review of a Reemerging Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis with Potential for Neurologic Manifestations and Sequalae

Infectious Disease Reports, 2023
Murine typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, an obligately intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillus. Rats (Rattus species) and their fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) serve as the reservoir and vector of R. typhi, respectively.
Lucas S. Blanton
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