Study to Investigate the Causes of Fever in Children Living in Urban Dar es Salaam and Rural Ifakara

The goal is to improve the evidence-based management of fever cases seen in outpatient clinics in malaria endemic countries, through a better understanding of the value of accurate malaria diagnosis, and through an improved understanding of the other causes of fever in children. The objective is to describe systematically (as much as possible) the etiologies of fever in children in an urban and in a rural environment of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Key information

Conditions

Fever Body Temperature Changes Children Communicable Diseases Disease Disease Attributes Infections Infectious Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

2 month–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Amana district hospital, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

axillary temperature of 38°C or more
first consultation for the present problem
history of fever lasting for one week or less
main complaint was not an injury or trauma
no report of an antimalarial or antibiotic medicine taken during the previous week

Exclusion criteria

severe malnutrition
categorized as P1 (requiring immediate live saving procedures)

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Proportion of each disease and proportion of fevers of unknown origin in febrile children aged 2 months to 10 years attending an Outpatient Department of a district hospital in Dar es Salaam and in Ifakara

Time frame: December 2011

Secondary outcomes

Clinical and laboratory predictors of each disease

Time frame: December 2011

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Other

Collaborators

University Hospital, Geneva

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2008
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2011
First posted: Mar 18, 2013
Registry last updated: Mar 18, 2013

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