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Development and external validation of a clinical prognostic score for death in visceral leishmaniasis patients in a high HIV co-infection burden area in Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, case fatality rates among subgroups of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients are high. A clinical prognostic score for death in VL patients could contribute to optimal management and reduction of these case fatality rates. We aimed to identify predictors of death from VL, and...

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Autores principales: Abongomera, Charles, Ritmeijer, Koert, Vogt, Florian, Buyze, Jozefien, Mekonnen, Zelalem, Admassu, Henok, Colebunders, Robert, Mohammed, Rezika, Lynen, Lutgarde, Diro, Ermias, van Griensven, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28582440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178996