Elucidating Infectious Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin: A Laboratory-Based Observational Study of Patients with Suspected Ebola Virus Disease, Guinea, 2014
An exhaustive laboratory investigation elucidated infectious causes of FUO in 52.3% of patients. Quality control and strengthening laboratory capacities in sub-Saharan Africa are essential for patient care, outbreak response, and regionally appropriate diagnostics.
Authors
- N’Faly Magassouba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-6642)
- Ignacio Postigo-Hidalgo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-4102)
- Jan Felix Drexler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-0232)
- Boris Klempa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-1224)
- Nadine Krüger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4413-8699)
- Detlev H. Krüger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6596-7624)
- Marie Louise Guilavogui
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (GN)
- Institute of Virology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae637
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Power Networks