A 21-Year-Old Student with Fever and Profound Jaundice

Samson Ejiji Isa; Kenneth Ikenna Onyedibe; Mark Ojogba Okolo; Abiayi Elmina Abiba; Johnson Simon Mafuka; Gomerep Samuel Simji; Shehu Yakubu Nathan; Ubong Aniefok Udoh; Sati Klein Awang; Daniel Zanyu Egah; Edmond Banle Banwat; Melanie Newport; Ahmed Ahmed

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002534

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A 21-Year-Old Student with Fever and Profound Jaundice

Samson Ejiji Isa ,

* E-mail: ejijisa@yahoo.com

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Kenneth Ikenna Onyedibe,

Affiliations Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Mark Ojogba Okolo,

Affiliations Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Abiayi Elmina Abiba,

Affiliation Leptospirosis Unit, Central Diagnostics Laboratories National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Johnson Simon Mafuka,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Gomerep Samuel Simji,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Shehu Yakubu Nathan,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Ubong Aniefok Udoh,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Sati Klein Awang,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Daniel Zanyu Egah,

Affiliations Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Edmond Banle Banwat,

Affiliations Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Melanie Newport,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, Brighton, Southeast England, United Kingdom, Global Health Programme, Brighton and Sussex University, Brighton, Southeast England, United Kingdom
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Ahmed Ahmed

Affiliation Royal Tropical Institute, KIT Biomedical Research, WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Center for Reference and research on Leptospirosis, Meibergdreef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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A 21-Year-Old Student with Fever and Profound Jaundice

Samson Ejiji Isa,
Kenneth Ikenna Onyedibe,
Mark Ojogba Okolo,
Abiayi Elmina Abiba,
Johnson Simon Mafuka,
Gomerep Samuel Simji,
Shehu Yakubu Nathan,
Ubong Aniefok Udoh,
Sati Klein Awang,
Daniel Zanyu Egah

Published: January 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002534

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