Table 2.

Important infectious causes of fever that must be excluded [2,20,21,41].

•Malaria •Bone and joint infections •Dengue haemorrhagic fever •Dysentery, enteritis •Herpes simplex encephalitis •HIV •Kawasaki disease •Measles •Chicken pox (varicella zoster virus) •Paramyxovirus

•Meningitis •Otitis media •Pneumonia •Septicaemia/bacteraemia •Sinusitis •Skin & soft tissue infections (e.g., impetigo, cellulitis) •Streptococcal pharyngitis •Tuberculosis •Typhoid •Urinary tract infection