Causes of acute undifferentiated fever and the utility of biomarkers in Chiangrai, northern Thailand.

• Main Authors: Tri Wangrangsimakul (Author), Thomas Althaus (Author), Mavuto Mukaka (Author), Pacharee Kantipong (Author), Vanaporn Wuthiekanun (Author), Wirongrong Chierakul (Author), Stuart D Blacksell (Author), Nicholas P Day (Author), Achara Laongnualpanich (Author), Daniel H Paris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tropical infectious diseases like dengue, scrub typhus, murine typhus, leptospirosis, and enteric fever continue to contribute substantially to the febrile disease burden throughout Southeast Asia while malaria is declining. Recently, there has been increasing focus on biomarkers (i.e. C-reactive pr...