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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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Rickettsioses as Major Etiologies of Unrecognized Acute Febrile Illness, Sabah, East Malaysia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Because acute rickettsioses are common, underrecognized, and untreated etiologies of these illnesses, empirical doxycycline treatment should be considered.
M. Grigg, T. William, Emily G. Clemens, Kaajal Patel, Arjun Chandna, C. Wilkes, Bridget E. Barber, N. Anstey, J. Dumler, T. Yeo, T. Yeo, M. Reller   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Sierra Leone in West Africa is in a Lassa fever-hyperendemic region that also includes Guinea and Liberia. Each year, suspected Lassa fever cases result in submission of ≈500-700 samples to the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Diagnostic Laboratory in eastern Sierra Leone.
Joseph N. Fair, Augustine Goba, Sheik Humarr Khan, Randal J. Schoepp, Cynthia A. Rossi   +4 more
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Imported diseases in travellers presenting to the emergency department after a stay in a malaria-endemic country: a retrospective observational study

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2023
Background We aimed to investigate the aetiology and outcomes of illnesses in patients presenting to an emergency department after travelling to a malaria-endemic country, in order to raise awareness of both tropical and cosmopolitan diseases.
Sofie Desmet, Liesbet Henckaerts, Sien Ombelet, Benjamin Damanet, Peter Vanbrabant   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute Jaundice in a Six-year-old: An Unusual Presentation of Atypical Kawasaki Disease [PDF]

, 2020
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare vasculitis of childhood that is critical to recognize and treat due to associated morbidity and mortality. A six-year-old male presented to our emergency department (ED) afebrile but with reported recent fevers.
Bylund, LCDR William, Morrison Ponce, LCDR Daphne, Zarow, Gregory J.   +2 more
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Unsuspected Leptospirosis Is a Cause of Acute Febrile Illness in Nicaragua

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Epidemic severe leptospirosis was recognized in Nicaragua in 1995, but unrecognized epidemic and endemic disease remains unstudied.To determine the burden of and risk factors associated with symptomatic leptospirosis in Nicaragua, we prospectively studied patients presenting with fever at a large teaching hospital.
Jeremy J. Miles, Armando Matute, Christopher W. Woods, Megan E. Reller, Elsio A. Wunder, Judith E. Flom, Orlando Mayorga, J. Stephen Dumler, Albert I. Ko   +8 more
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Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood as a complication of dengue infection: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2023
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) is a clinico-radiological diagnosis characterized by acute onset, and progressive febrile encephalopathy preceded by viral-associated febrile illness and carries a very poor prognosis.
Mohammad Irfan Dar, Vidushi Bhat, Surbhi Bhardwaj   +2 more
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Borrelia crocidurae Infection in Acutely Febrile Patients, Senegal

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
As malaria cases in Africa decline, other causes of acute febrile illness are being explored. To determine incidence of Borrelia crocidurae infection during June 2010–October 2011, we collected 1,566 blood specimens from febrile patients in Senegal ...
Oleg Mediannikov, Cristina Socolovschi, Hubert Bassene, Georges Diatta, Pavel Ratmanov, Florence Fenollar, Cheikh Sokhna, Didier Raoult   +7 more
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