Mosquito-associated viruses and their related mosquitoes in West Africa

E Agboli, JBZ Zahouli, A Badolo, H Jöst - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mosquito-associated viruses (MAVs), including mosquito-specific viruses (MSVs) and
mosquito-borne (arbo) viruses (MBVs), are an increasing public, veterinary, and global …

Metagenomic surveillance uncovers diverse and novel viral taxa in febrile patients from Nigeria

JU Oguzie, BA Petros, PE Oluniyi, SB Mehta… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Effective infectious disease surveillance in high-risk regions is critical for clinical care and
pandemic preemption; however, few clinical diagnostics are available for the wide range of …

Bacterial versus non-bacterial infections: a methodology to support use-case-driven product development of diagnostics

C Escadafal, S Geis, AM Siqueira, ST Agnandji… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Acute febrile illness (AFI) is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care in
low-income and middle-income countries. Bacterial infections account for a relatively small …

Anticipating the future: prognostic tools as a complementary strategy to improve care for patients with febrile illnesses in resource-limited settings

A Chandna, J Osborn, Q Bassat, D Bell, S Burza… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
In low-income and middle-income countries, most patients with febrile illnesses present to
peripheral levels of the health system where diagnostic capacity is very limited. In these …

Performance of automated point-of-care respiratory rate counting versus manual counting in children under five admitted with severe febrile illness to Kisantu hospital …

B Tack, D Vita, TN Mbaki, O Lunguya, J Toelen… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
To improve the early recognition of danger signs in children with severe febrile illness in low
resource settings, WHO promotes automated respiratory rate (RR) counting, but its …

Management of febrile illness in rural Guinea over a seven-year period: A retrospective study

K Kourouma, FM Grovogui, A Delamou… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Febrile illnesses constitute a major clinical challenge in tropical settings. We
aimed to assess the frequency, presentation and management of febrile illness at two health …

[HTML][HTML] Coinfection of Malaria and Bacterial Pathogens among Acute Febrile Patients in Selected Clinics in Ghana

JNA Tagoe, C Yeboah, E Behene… - The American Journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malaria remains the leading cause of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Africa despite successful
control measures and programs. Acute febrile illnesses can be misdiagnosed as malaria as …

Trends in fever case management for febrile inpatients in a low malaria incidence setting of Tanzania

DB Madut, MP Rubach, JP Bonnewell… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives In 2010, WHO published guidelines emphasising parasitological confirmation of
malaria before treatment. We present data on changes in fever case management in a low …

Field experiences with handheld diagnostic devices to triage children under five presenting with severe febrile illness in a district hospital in DR Congo

B Tack, D Vita, I Mansosa, TN Mbaki, N Wasolua… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
As part of a field study (NCT04473768) in children presenting with severe febrile illness to
Kisantu hospital (DR Congo), we retrospectively compiled user experiences (not …

[PDF][PDF] Definitions of severity in treatment seeking studies of febrile illness in children in low and middle income countries: a scoping review

NC Brunner, P Awor, MW Hetzel - International journal of public …, 2021 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: Understanding treatment seeking for severe febrile illness (SFI) is
methodologically challenging. In this scoping review, we investigate definitions of severe …