[PDF][PDF] Fighting adult mortality through etiology of fever studies: Description of high mortality in an adult inpatient population in Mozambique

J Bramugy, S Lal, M Valente, S Ajanovic… - AMERICAN JOURNAL …, 2021 - 116683.com
Background Fever is a common symptom leading to health care seeking and hospital
admission in Africa. Mortality rates in febrile adult inpatients in Mozambique are high and …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology in East African adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Nooh, A Chernet, K Reither, J Okuma… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Primary health care settings and hospitals of low-and middle-income countries
have few accessible diagnostic tools and limited laboratory and human resources capacity …

Febrile Illness Evaluation in a Broad Range of Endemicities (FIEBRE): protocol for a multisite prospective observational study of the causes of fever in Africa and Asia

H Hopkins, Q Bassat, CIR Chandler, JA Crump… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for diagnosis and management

MJ Maze, Q Bassat, NA Feasey, I Mandomando… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol: Febrile Illness Evaluation in a Broad Range of Endemicities (FIEBRE): protocol for a multisite prospective observational study of the causes of fever …

H Hopkins, Q Bassat, CIR Chandler, JA Crump… - BMJ Open, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical presentations, diagnostics, treatments and treatment costs of children and adults with febrile illness in a tertiary referral hospital in south-eastern …

M Raab, LM Pfadenhauer, D Doumbouya, G Froeschl - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Febrile illness is frequent among patients in the tropics. It is caused by a wide
variety of common diseases such as malaria or gastrointestinal infections but also by less …

Time for a comprehensive approach to the syndrome of fever in the tropics

JA Crump - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Aetiology of Hospitalized Fever and Risk of Death at Two Rural Tertiary Care Hospitals in Uganda from August 2019 to August 2020

PW Blair, K Kobba, F Kakooza, ML Robinson, E Candia… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Background: Epidemiology of febrile illness in Uganda is shifting due to increased HIV
treatment access, emerging viruses, and increased surveillance. We investigated the …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting mortality for adolescent and adult patients with fever in resource-limited settings

M Carugati, HL Zhang, KG Kilonzo… - The American journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Febrile illnesses are a major cause of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Early identification of
patients at increased risk of death may avert adverse outcomes. We aimed to independently …

[HTML][HTML] Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

JA Crump, AB Morrissey, WL Nicholson… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
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 …