Defining Disease Heterogeneity to Guide the Empirical Treatment of Febrile Illness in Resource Poor Settings

Lisa J. White; Paul N. Newton; Richard J. Maude; Wirichada Pan-ngum; Jessica R. Fried; Mayfong Mayxay; Rapeephan R. Maude; Nicholas P. J. Day

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044545

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Defining Disease Heterogeneity to Guide the Empirical Treatment of Febrile Illness in Resource Poor Settings

Lisa J. White ,

* E-mail: lisa@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Paul N. Newton,

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Richard J. Maude,

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Wirichada Pan-ngum,

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Jessica R. Fried,

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Mayfong Mayxay,

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Rapeephan R. Maude,

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Nicholas P. J. Day

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Defining Disease Heterogeneity to Guide the Empirical Treatment of Febrile Illness in Resource Poor Settings

Lisa J. White,
Paul N. Newton,
Richard J. Maude,
Wirichada Pan-ngum,
Jessica R. Fried,
Mayfong Mayxay,
Rapeephan R. Maude,
Nicholas P. J. Day

Published: September 21, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044545

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