Severity Assessment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Malawi: Derivation of a Novel Index (SWAT-Bp) Which Outperforms CRB-65

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Edmund Birkhamshaw ,

* E-mail: Edbirkhamshaw@gmail.com (EB); C.Waitt@liverpool.ac.uk (CW)

Affiliation Birmingham College of Medicine, Birmingham University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Catriona J. Waitt ,

* E-mail: Edbirkhamshaw@gmail.com (EB); C.Waitt@liverpool.ac.uk (CW)

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Michael Innes,

Affiliation Department of Primary Care, Birmingham University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Peter I. Waitt

Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
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