Open AccessRelapsing fever in Gondar, Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Kassahun Mitiku,
Getahun Mengistu
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v79i2.8908
Subject(s) - medicine , case fatality rate , pediatrics , public health , medical record , relapsing fever , retrospective cohort study , epidemiology , emergency medicine , surgery , nursing , pathology
To determine the magnitude of relapsing fever, the rate of Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) and its outcome and compare these parameters between adults and children in the same setting, time period and more or less similar management.