Fever is a leading reason for people to seek healthcare in the tropics. 1 Given the non-
specific clinical presentation of many infections causing fever and the limited clinical …

There are few reliable data on the burden of febrile illness in tropical and subtropical areas.
In a recent WHO publication aggregating the best available evidence, the incidence of fever …

Background Fever is among the most common symptoms of people living in Africa, and
clinicians are challenged by the similar clinical features of a wide spectrum of potential …

Studies have reported that only a small fraction of fever cases in malaria–endemic areas are
actually caused by malaria. Much greater emphasis is now needed to step up attention to …

Introduction The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons
seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not …

Background Increasing evidence is becoming available on the aetiology and management
of fevers in Asia; the importance of these fevers has increased with the decline in the …

Introduction Fever commonly leads to healthcare seeking and hospital admission in sub-
Saharan Africa and Asia. There is only limited guidance for clinicians managing non …

Ellen M Einterz, Myra E Bates feverish patients, children aged 1–4 years had, on average,
higher temperatures than other groups (38· 7 vs 38· 3 C; p< 0· 001). 1054 consecutive …

Background The availability of reliable point-of-care tests for malaria has heralded a
paradigm shift in the management of febrile illnesses away from presumptive antimalarial …

Background The objective of this study was to describe aetiology and case fatality of fever
among inpatients in a tertiary care hospital in South India. Methods This was an …