Febrile patients admitted to remote hospitals in Northeastern Kenya: seroprevalence, risk factors and a clinical prediction tool for Q-Fever

Background: Q fever in Kenya is poorly reported and its surveillance is highly neglected. Standard empiric treatment for febrile patients admitted to hospitals is antimalarials or penicillin-based antibiotics, which have no activity against Coxiella burnetii. This study aimed to assess the seropreva...

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Autores principales: Njeru, J., Henning, K., Pletz, M.W., Heller, R., Forstner, C., Kariuki, S., Fèvre, Eric M., Neubauer, H.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75603

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