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immunology and microbiology

No Evidence of Ntwetwe Virus Infections in Children Presenting to Kiboga Hospital, Uganda

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Volume 8, No. 1, Article 21, Year 2023

We investigated whether Ntwetwe virus—a novel orthobunyavirus discovered in a Ugandan girl with a fatal encephalopathy—was a common reason for hospital admission for children to Kiboga hospital, Uganda. A case–control was conducted between September 2019 and September 2020, including cases with severe neurological disease and mild febrile illness, matched to a healthy control without fever. Among 143 subjects, no cases with an acute infection were identified. This result suggests that Ntwetwe virus does not cause a major burden of disease amongst children presenting to Kiboga hospital during the study period.
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Citations: 11
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Uganda
Participants Gender
Female