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ReviewSouth African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care2020

An overview of the viral haemorrhagic fevers for the primary care doctor.

Indiran Govender, Olga Maphasha, Selvandran Rangiah

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Review in South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Indiran GovenderDepartment of Family Medicine, Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria. indiran.govender@gmail.com.
Olga Maphasha
Selvandran Rangiah

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The viral haemorrhagic fevers are infectious diseases that often cause life-threatening illnesses. These diseases are common in the tropical areas of the world, and travel history to an endemic area together with recognising signs and symptoms is essential to aid diagnosis. Treatment is often supportive, and infection control measures need to be instituted early at the point of entry. In this article, we will provide an approach to a patient with viral haemorrhagic fevers in a primary healthcare setting.

Indexed as

Hemorrhagic Fevers, ViralHumansPrimary Health CareCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic feverEbola virus diseaseLassa feverLujo virusRift Valley fevertravel history

Identifiers

PMID32633998
PMCPMC8377794

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