Open AccessAnimal contact and paediatric acute febrile illness in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Author(s) -
Melissa N. Sidote,
Justin Stoler,
Nicholas Amoako,
Samuel Duodu,
Gordon A. Awandare
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ghana medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-163X
pISSN - 0016-9560
DOI - 10.4314/gmj.v56i3.13
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , nausea , etiology , pediatrics , population , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , physics , optics
To examine the association between animal contact (primarily dogs and cats) and non-malarial fever, as well as with secondary symptoms of headache, nausea, vomiting, and cough, in 687 children in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.