Diversity of infectious aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses in south and Southeast Asia: a systematic review

Wangdi, Kinley; Kasturiaratchi, Kaushalya; Nery, Susana Vaz; Lau, Colleen L.; Gray, Darren J.; Clements, Archie C. A.

doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4185-y

Table 1 Summary of studies included in the analysis

From: Diversity of infectious aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses in south and Southeast Asia: a systematic review

First author, year and reference	Country	Design study	Study duration	In patients/ outpatients	Number of patients	Age range	Adult/Children only	Sex	Duration of fever (mean duration)
Abhilash et al., 2016 [20]	India	Prospective observational study	12 months	OPD + ED	1258	> 15 years	Adults + children	M = 680 F = 568	3–14 days
Ahmad et al., 2016 [44]	India	Retrospective observational study	12 months	IP	298	> 2 years	Adults + children	Not specified	AUFI
Andrews et al., 2014 [45]	India	Retrospective and Patient admitted prospective study	2 months	IP	369	> 13 years	Adults	F = 118 M = 251	AUFI
Arora et al., 2014 [46]	India	Retrospective study	24 months	IP + OPD	38,635	All ages groups	Adult + Children	Not specified	AUF
Capeding et al., 2013 [11]	Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam	Active fever surveillance, cohort study	9.8 months	Community based	289	2–14 years	Children	Not specified	< 14 days
Chheng et al., 2013 [42]	Cambodia	Prospective study	12 months	IP	1225	< 16 years	Children	M = 668 F = 557	< 28 days
Chikkaveerariah et al., 2016 [47]	India	Prospective observational study	24 months	IP	150	> 14 years	Adults	F = 69 M = 81	AUFI
Chrispal et al., 2010 [1]	India	Prospective observational study	12 months	IP	398	> 16 years Mean 39.5	Adults	M = 239 F = 159	5–21 days
Das et al., 2015 [48]	India	Cross-sectional study	6 months	IP	205	All ages	Adults + Children	F = 89 M = 116	Acute febrile illness
Ellis et al., 2006 [49]	Thailand	Prospective study	33 months	IP + OPD	613	20–87 years	Adults	M = 325 F = 288	Fever over previous 48 h and fever longer than 48 h cause of fever not yet known
Gopalakrishnan et al., 2013 [21]	India	Prospective observational	18 months	IP	403	> 16 years	Adults	M = 264 F = 139	5–14 days
Joshi et al., 2008 [22]	India	Retrospective review of electronic discharge summaries	6 months	IP	1197	> 12 years	Adults	M = 640 F = 557	< 14 days
Kammili et al., 2013 [23]	India	Prospective descriptive hospital based study	2 months	IP	100	All ages	Both children and adults	Not specified	> 24 h
Kashinkunti et al., 2013 [37]	India	Prospective observational	Not specified	IP	100	> 16 years	Adults	M = 58 F = 42	< 15 days
Kasper et al., 2012 [24]	Cambodia	Fever surveillance study	Not specified	OPD	9997	> 2 years Mean 19.6 Median 16.9	Adults and children	M = 5398 F = 4599	< 10 days
Kumar et al., 2008 [39]	India	Prospective study	12 months	OPD	298	6 months −12 years	Children	M = 117 F = 181	< 15 days
Laoprasopwattana et al., 2012 [25]	Thailand	Prospective cohort study	4 months	IP + OPD	50	1 month −15 years	Children	Not specified	< 7 days
Leelarasamee et at., 2004 [2]	Thailand	Prospective epidemiological study	36 months	OPD	1137	> 2 years	Adults + Children	Not specified	< 1 day
Mayxay et al., 2013 [26]	Laos	Prospective study	30 months	IP + OPD	1938	5–49 median 19	Adults/children	M = 1124 F = 814	< 8 days
McGready et al., 2010 [50]	Thailand	Prospective cohort study	28 months	IP	409	> 15 years	Pregnant females only	M = 467 F = 409	Any fever
Mittal et al., 2015 [51]	India	Retrospective observational study	12 months	IP + OPD	2547	> 18 years	Adults	F = 884 M = 1663	AUFI
Murdoch et al., 2004 [36]	Nepal	Prospective study	3 months	IP + OPD	876	> 14 years Median 27	Adults	F = 409	24 h
Oishr et al., 2006 [27]	Philippines	Prospective study	24 months	IP	503	2–17 years	Children	M = 298 F = 205	< 5 days
Phuong et al., 2006 [28]	Vietnam	Prospective study	12 months	OPD	2096	All ages	Both children and adults	M = 1229 F = 865	< 14 days
Pradutkanchana et al., 2003 [7]	Thailand	Prospective study	1 month	IP	180	Less than 15 years	Children	Not specified	< 21 days
Punjabi et al., 2012 [43]	Indonesia	Prospective study	27 months	IP	226	1–80 years	Adults and children	M = 127 F = 99	1–30 days
Rafizah et al., 2012 [52]	Malaysia	Hospital-based cross sectional study	6 months	IP	999	> 18 years	Adults	F = 543 M = 456	Acute fever
Rani et al., 2016 [53]	India	Retrospective study	6 Months	IP + OPD	200	All ages	Adults + children	F = 82 M = 118	Acute febrile illness
Ray et al., 2012 [29]	India	Prospective descriptive study	12 months	IP + OPD	540	All age groups	Both children and adults	M = 329 F = 211	< 7 days
Reller et al., 2011 [31]	Sri Lanka	Prospective study	8 months	IP + OPD	773	> 2 years	Both children and adults	M = 463 F = 310	< 7 days
Reller et al., 2012 [30]	Sri Lanka	Prospective study	8 months	IP + OPD	859	> 2 years	Both children and adults	M = 526 F = 333	< 7 days
Sabchareon et al., 2012 [54]	Thailand	Prospective cohort study	48 months	Community based + IP + OPD	3401	3–15 years	Children	M = 1733 F = 1668	All documented fever with school absenteeism
Suttinont et al., 2006 [12]	Thailand	Prospective observational study in 5 hospitals	12 months	IP	845	> 15 years Median 38	Adults	M = 661 F = 184	< 15 days
Thompson et al., 2015 [56]	Nepal	Prospective study	38 months	IP + OPD	627	> 2 years	Adults + children	Not specified	UFI
Zaki et al., 2010 [41]	India	Prospective observational study	4 months	IP	602	1 month −12 years	Children	Not specified	< 21 days
Kingston et al., 2018 [38]	Bangladesh	Prospective study	12 months	IP	416	≥12 years	Adults	Not specified	< 21 days
Raina et al., 2018 [32]	India	Cohort study	2 months	IP	1164	> 18 years	Adults	Not specified	≤14 days
Shelke et al., 2017 [33]	India	Prospective cross-sectional	18 months	IP	270	All ages	Adults + children	M = 138 F = 132	< 14 days
Gautam et al., 2019 [57]	Nepal	Cross-sectional study	12 months	IP	1585	> 1 year	Adult + children	M = 728 F = 757	> 4 days
Bodinayake et al., 2018 [35]	Sri Lanka	Prospective study	12 months	IP	976	≥1 years	Adults + children	M = 628 F = 348	≤3 days
Salagre et al., 2017 [55]	India	Prospective observational study	2 months	IP	276	> 13 years	Adults	M = 187 F = 89	AFI
Andrews et al., 2018 [34]	India	Prospective observational study	12 months	IP	1324	> 13 years	Adults	M = 837 F = 487	< 14 days
Wangrangsimakul et al., 2018 [40]	Thailand	Prospective observational study	27 months	IP	200	≥15 years	Adults	M = 114 F = 86	< 21 days

ED Emergency department, IP Inpatients, OPD Outpatient department, M Males, F Females

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