Characteristics
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Patients (n = 100)
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Age (years)
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Mean (median, range)
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37.5 (36.0, 16–84)
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Gender
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Male (n)
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61
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Female (n)
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39
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Fever duration (weeks)
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Mean (median, range)
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5.4 (2.1, 0.1- 42.9)
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< 1 week (n)
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34
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1-4 weeks (n)
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30
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1-3 months (n)
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26
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> 3 months (n)
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9
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Length of stay (days)
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Mean (median, range)
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11.6 (8.0, 1–57)
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Comorbidity
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HIV1 (n)
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6
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Diabetes (n)
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23
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- Missing values: Age, n = 2; Fever duration, n = 2.
- Length of stay, n = 1; Comorbidity, missing values interpreted as no comorbidity.
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1Six were known HIV positive; among these one had a negative
- HIV test recorded, one was not tested, and four were HIV antibody positive.