Pre-Hospital Risk Factors for Inpatient Death from Severe Febrile Illness in Malian Children

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Authors

Merlin Willcox · University of Oxford

Moussa I. Dicko · Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique

Bertrand Graz · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

Mathieu Forster

Bethany Shinkins · University of Oxford

Chiaka Diakité · Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique

Sergio Giani · Aid to Development of Traditional Medicine

Abstract

Aside from well-recognised markers of severity, the main risk factor for death in this study was female sex, but this study cannot determine the reason why. Differences in pre-hospital treatments were not associated with case fatality.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Global Maternal and Child Health Mosquito-borne diseases and control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 9, Issue 7, pp. e102530-e102530

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102530

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