Etiology and clinical characteristics of pediatric acute fever among hospitalized children in an endemic malaria transmission area of Cameroon in Central Africa

• Calixte Ida Penda ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: idapenda@yahoo.fr (CIP); elsecarole@yahoo.fr (CEEM)

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Pédiatric Unit, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Douala, Cameroon, Pédiatric Unit, Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1070-2108

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• Patricia Épée Eboumbou,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Pédiatric Unit, Bonassama District Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

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• Grace Ngondi,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Biology Lab, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

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• Jean Baptiste Hzounda Fokou,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

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• Christelle Véronique Pfoum,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pédiatric Unit, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

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• Ritha Mbono Betoko,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Pédiatric Unit, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

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• Charlotte Eposse,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Pédiatric Unit, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

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• Laurent-Mireille Endale,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Center for Respiratory Diseases, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

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• Francine Same Bebey,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Internal Medicine Department, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

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• Carole Else Eboumbou Moukoko

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: idapenda@yahoo.fr (CIP); elsecarole@yahoo.fr (CEEM)

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Malaria Research Unit, Centre Pasteur Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratory of Parasitology, Mycology and Virology, Postgraduate Training Unit for Health Sciences, Postgraduate School for Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3252-6552

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