Prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology in East African adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nooh, Faisal; Chernet, Afona; Reither, Klaus; Okuma, James; Brattig, Norbert W; Utzinger, Jürg; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Paris, Daniel H; Dreyfus, Anou

doi:10.1186/s40249-023-01105-z

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Nooh, F., Chernet, A., Reither, K., Okuma, J., Brattig, N. W., Utzinger, J., Probst-Hensch, N., Paris, D. H., & Dreyfus, A. (2023). Prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology in East African adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 12(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01105-z

Abstract

Background: Primary health care settings and hospitals of low- and middle-income countries have few accessible diagnostic tools and limited laboratory and human resources capacity to identify multiple pathogens with high accuracy. In addition, there is a paucity of information on fever and its underlying aetiology in the adolescent and adult population in East Africa. The purpose of this study was to estimate the pooled prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology among adolescent and adult febrile patients seeking health care in Eas