Table 2 Diagnosis by geographic region (N = 253)
| Â | Geographic region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnosis | Sub-Saharan Africa | Southeast Asia | South America and Caribbean | South Central Asia | Northeast Asia | All regions (%) |
Systemic febrile illness | 61 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 78 (30.8) |
 Malaria |  |  |  |  |  | 40 (15.8) |
  P. falciparum | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
  P. malariae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  P. vivax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  P. ovale | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  Type unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Viral infection |  |  |  |  |  | 23 (9.1) |
  Puumala virus (Hantavirus) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  Dengue | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
  CMV | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  EBV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  Shingles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  Influenza A | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
  Influenza B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  Chikungunya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Bacterial infection |  |  |  |  |  | 15 (5.9) |
  Leptospirosis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  Rickettsiosisa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  Enteric fever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  Tick borne relapsing fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  E. coli bacteraemia (unknown origin) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  S. agalactiae bacteraemia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Acute diarrhoea | Â | Â | Â | Â | 46 (18.2) | |
 Campylobacter spp. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
 Shigella spp. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
 Acute diarrhoea of unknown origin | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
Respiratory tract infection (no pathogen identified) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 13 (5.1) |
 Upper respiratory tract infection | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
 Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Atypical pneumonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Abdominal infection | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 (0.4) |
 Acute appendicitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ENT infection (no pathogen identified) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 12 (4.7) |
 Tonsillitis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
 Acute otitis media/externa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Herpangina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Acute sinusitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Viral pharyngitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Acute otitis media with mastoiditis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Dermatological infection | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 6 (2.4) |
 Bacterial skin/soft tissue infection | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Genitourinary infection | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 10 (4.0) |
 Pyelonephritis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Cystitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Acute prostatitis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Urosepsis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Pelvic abscess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Urinary tract infection | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Central nervous system infection | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2 (0.8) |
 Viral meningitis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Parasitic infection | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 (0.4) |
 Toxoplasmosis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Inflammatory syndrome of unknown origin | 36 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 59 (23.3) |
Non-infectious diagnosis | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 (9.9) |