ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018
A Combined Syndromic Approach to Examine Viral, Bacterial, and Parasitic Agents among Febrile Patients: A Pilot Study in Kilombero, Tanzania.
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- Characterizing dengue transmission in rural areas: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology in East African adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the aetiological agents of non-malarial febrile illnesses in Africa.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Epidemiology of leptospirosis in Tanzania: A review of the current status, serogroup diversity and reservoirs.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Dengue Virus Infection and Associated Risk Factors in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Viruses · 2021Pooled it
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- Rickettsioses as Underrecognized Cause of Hospitalization for Febrile Illness, Uganda.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Serological Survey ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Etiology of acute febrile illnesses in Southern China: Findings from a two-year sentinel surveillance project, 2017-2019.PloS one · 2022Article
- Pathogens That Cause Acute Febrile Illness Among Children and Adolescents in Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and Sudan.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Highly multiplexed oligonucleotide probe-ligation testing enables efficient extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 detection and viral genotyping.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2021Article
- Highly multiplexed oligonucleotide probe-ligation testing enables efficient extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 detection and viral genotyping.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2020Article
- Algorithm in the Diagnosis of Febrile Illness Using Pathogen-specific Rapid Diagnostic Tests.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020Article
- Eliminating visceral leishmaniasis in South Asia: the road ahead.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
The use of fever syndromic surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa is an effective approach to determine the prevalence of both malarial and nonmalarial infectious agents. We collected both blood and naso/oro-pharyngeal (NP/OP) swabs from consecutive consenting patients ≥ 1 year of age, with an axillary temperature ≥ 37.5°C, and symptom onset of ≤ 5 days. Specimens were analyzed using both acute febrile illness (AFI) and respiratory TaqMan array cards (Resp TAC) for multiagent detection of 56 different bloodstream and respiratory agents. In addition, we collected epidemiologic data to further characterize our patient population. We enrolled 205 febrile patients, including 70 children (1 < 15 years of age; 34%) and 135 adults (≥ 15 years of age; 66%). AFI TAC and Resp TAC were performed on 191 whole blood specimens and 115 NP/OP specimens, respectively. We detected nucleic acid for
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