Time for a comprehensive approach to the syndrome of fever in the tropics

Affiliations

¹ McKinlay Professor of Global Health, Co-Director, Centre for International Health, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Tel: +64 3 479 9460; Fax: +64 3 479 7298;

Editorial

John A Crump. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb.

. 2014 Feb;108(2):61-2.

doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trt120.

¹ McKinlay Professor of Global Health, Co-Director, Centre for International Health, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Tel: +64 3 479 9460; Fax: +64 3 479 7298;

No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; Asia; Bacteremia; Fever; Tropical medicine.

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