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SUBMITTER: Proesmans S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6748445 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proesmans Sam S Katshongo Freddy F Milambu John J Fungula Blaise B Muhindo Mavoko Hypolite H Ahuka-Mundeke Steve S Inocêncio da Luz Raquel R Van Esbroeck Marjan M Ariën Kevin K KK Cnops Lieselotte L De Smet Birgit B Lutumba Pascal P Van Geertruyden Jean-Pierre JP Vanlerberghe Veerle V
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20190905 9
<h4>Background</h4>Pathogens causing acute fever, with the exception of malaria, remain largely unidentified in sub-Saharan Africa, given the local unavailability of diagnostic tests and the broad differential diagnosis.<h4>Methodology</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional study including outpatient acute undifferentiated fever in both children and adults, between November 2015 and June 2016 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Serological and molecular diagnostic tests for selected arboviral ...[more]