Community-based prevalence of typhoid fever, typhus, brucellosis and malaria among symptomatic individuals in Afar Region, Ethiopia.
BACKGROUND:In sub-Saharan Africa, where there is the scarcity of proper diagnostic tools, febrile illness related symptoms are often misdiagnosed as malaria. Information on causative agents of febrile illness related symptoms among pastoral communities in Ethiopia have rarely been described. METHODS...
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Main Authors: | Biruk Zerfu (Author), Girmay Medhin (Author), Gezahegne Mamo (Author), Gezahegn Getahun (Author), Rea Tschopp (Author), Mengistu Legesse (Author) |
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2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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