A diagnostic and epidemiologic investigation of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Kilombero, Tanzania

Christine Hercik; Leonard Cosmas; Ondari D. Mogeni; Newton Wamola; Wanze Kohi; Victor Omballa; Melvin Ochieng; Shirley Lidechi; Juma Bonventure; Caroline Ochieng; Clayton Onyango; Barry S. Fields; Sayoki Mfinanga; Joel M. Montgomery

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189712

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A diagnostic and epidemiologic investigation of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Kilombero, Tanzania

Christine Hercik ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cah227@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0858-9281

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Leonard Cosmas,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Disease Detection Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Ondari D. Mogeni,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute-Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Nairobi, Kenya
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Newton Wamola,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute-Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Nairobi, Kenya
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Wanze Kohi,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Muhimbili Research Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Victor Omballa,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute-Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Nairobi, Kenya
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Melvin Ochieng,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute-Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Nairobi, Kenya
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Shirley Lidechi,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute-Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Nairobi, Kenya
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Juma Bonventure,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Disease Detection Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Caroline Ochieng,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute-Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Nairobi, Kenya
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Clayton Onyango,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Disease Detection Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Barry S. Fields,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Disease Detection Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Sayoki Mfinanga,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Muhimbili Research Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Joel M. Montgomery

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Disease Detection Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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A diagnostic and epidemiologic investigation of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Kilombero, Tanzania

Christine Hercik,
Leonard Cosmas,
Ondari D. Mogeni,
Newton Wamola,
Wanze Kohi,
Victor Omballa,
Melvin Ochieng,
Shirley Lidechi,
Juma Bonventure,
Caroline Ochieng

Published: December 29, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189712

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