Invasive salmonellosis among children admitted to a rural Tanzanian hospital and a comparison with previous studies.
Mtove, GM; Amos, B; von Seidlein, L; et al.Hendriksen, ICE; Mwambuli, A; Kimera, J; Malahiyo, R; Kim, DR; Ochiai, RL; Clemens, JD; Reyburn, H; Magesa, S; Deen, JL
Date: 1 January 2010
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PloS one
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Public Library of Science
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The importance of invasive salmonellosis in African children is well recognized but there is inadequate information on these infections. We conducted a fever surveillance study in a Tanzanian rural hospital to estimate the case fraction of invasive salmonellosis among pediatric admissions, examine associations with common co-morbidities ...
The importance of invasive salmonellosis in African children is well recognized but there is inadequate information on these infections. We conducted a fever surveillance study in a Tanzanian rural hospital to estimate the case fraction of invasive salmonellosis among pediatric admissions, examine associations with common co-morbidities and describe its clinical features. We compared our main findings with those from previous studies among children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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