Open AccessEtiologic Agents of Fever of Unknown Origin Among Patients Attending Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar
Author(s) -
Mohamed Ali Ali,
Chukwuma J. Okafor,
Ahmed Abade Mohamed,
Agricola Joachim,
Marcelina Mubi,
Oghenekaro Omodior
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1573-3610
pISSN - 0094-5145
DOI - 10.1007/s10900-020-00832-w
Subject(s) - coxiella burnetii , dengue fever , malaria , fever of unknown origin , medicine , rickettsiosis , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , q fever , salmonella typhi , biology , immunology , rickettsia , virus , biochemistry , escherichia coli , electrical engineering , gene , engineering
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) remains an important public health problem. With malaria transmission declining in some parts of Africa, the evidence suggests other infectious agents now account for most FUO. The purpose of this study was to identify the etiologic agents of FUO in a cross-section of patients at the Mnazi Mmoja hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
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