Table 1.
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.