Diagnostic tools used in the evaluation of acute febrile illness in South India: a scoping review

Diagnostic tools used in the evaluation of acute febrile illness in South India: a scoping review

Abstract Background Acute febrile illness (AFI) is characterized by malaise, myalgia and a raised temperature that is a nonspecific manifestation of infectious diseases in the tropics. The lack of appropriate diagnostics for the evaluation of AFI leads to increased morbidity and mortality in resourc...

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Main Authors: Divyalakshmi Bhaskaran, Sarabjit Singh Chadha, Sanjay Sarin, Rajashree Sen, Sonia Arafah, Sabine Dittrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Fever
Acute febrile illness
Malaria
Scrub typhus
Dengue
Diagnostics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4589-8

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