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. 2020 Oct 21;5(10):e003141. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003141

Table 1.

Participating study site settings and corresponding ethical boards that approved BFF-Dx

Country Brazil Gabon Malawi
Institute Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro Center of Medical Research Lambaréné (CERMEL) Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU)
Enrolment site UPA Rocha Miranda, UPA Manguinhos and Family Health Clinics Armando Palhares Clinical trials unit, CERMEL MEIRU, Chilumba campus
Enrolment setting Primary healthcare facility in an urban area (favela) Hospital in a semirural setting Primary healthcare facility in a rural setting
Enrolment period October 2018 to July 2019 May 2019 to November 2019 April 2017 to
April 2018
Main causes of fever (expected) Circulation of arboviruses, including dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses Endemic Plasmodium falciparum, dengue virus and chikungunya virus Endemic Plasmodium falciparum and possibly chikungunya virus

BFF-Dx, Biomarker for Fever-Diagnostic.