Prevalence, pathogenic bacteria, and risk factors associated with pediatric sepsis among under five children in a rural district hospital in Rwanda

• Patrick Orikiriza ,

  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: patrickorikiriza@gmail.com

  Affiliation Division of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9615-1780

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• Deogratius Ruhangaza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Butaro District Hospital, Burera, Rwanda

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• David S. Ayebare,

  Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Ezechiel Bizimana,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Jean Baptiste Niyibizi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Irene Nshimiyimana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Louis Mujyuwisha,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Inshuti Mu Buzima/ Partner’s in Health, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Abebe Bekele

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

  Affiliation Division of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

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