The effect of temperature reduction on respiratory rate in febrile illnesses.
O'Dempsey, T J, Laurence, B E, McArdle, T F, Todd, J E, Lamont, A C, Greenwood, B M
A raised respiratory rate is a useful sign in the diagnosis of pneumonia in children. It was observed that children with malaria and other febrile illnesses may also present with a raised respiratory...
Screening for a raised rectal temperature in Africa.
Jones, R J, O'Dempsey, T J, Greenwood, B M
The main purpose of this study was to compare rectal and axillary temperature measurements in African children. Altogether 573 sick children were seen in an outpatient setting in rural West Africa....
O'Dempsey, T. J., McArdle, T., Ceesay, S. J., Secka, O., Demba, E., Banya, W. A., ...
Seventy five Gambian women were immunised with a single dose of a group A+group C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine during the last trimester of pregnancy. IgG antibody titres were measured in...