Animal contact and paediatric acute febrile illness in Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
acute febrile illness
bacterial zoonosis
fever
pet infections
Journal
Ghana medical journal
ISSN: 2616-163X
Titre abrégé: Ghana Med J
Pays: Ghana
ID NLM: 0073210
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Historique:
medline:
17
7
2023
pubmed:
14
7
2023
entrez:
14
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To examine the association between animal contact (primarily dogs and cats) and non-malarial fever, as well as with secondary symptoms of headache, nausea, vomiting, and cough, in 687 children in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Cross-sectional study of acute febrile illness among children aged 1-15 years old between October 2016 and August 2017. Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) Hospital, Teshie, Greater Accra Region. The study included children with acute fever, defined as a measured temperature of greater than 37.5°C, occurring less than seven days before the hospital visit, and afebrile children as controls. Measured fever, self-reported fever, and secondary symptoms, each adjusting for patient household characteristics. Animal contact was neither associated with measured fever (OR = 1.04, 95% CI 0.73-1.49) nor with self-reported fever (OR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.68-1.39). Animal contact was associated with headache (OR = 3.26, 95% CI 2.23-4.77, These findings suggest the need for future studies to evaluate animal contact as a risk factor for bacterial zoonoses that may serve as an etiological driver of acute febrile illness. no external funding.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37448994
doi: 10.4314/gmj.v56i3.13
pii: jGMJ.v56.i3.pg221
pmc: PMC10336642
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
221-230Informations de copyright
Copyright © The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: None declared
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