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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Fever of unknown origin was something that had confused clinicians for a longer time but there was no formal definition for it until Petersdorf and Beeson gave first formal definition for it almost sixty years ago. Their definition was widely accepted however with advancement of medical knowledge their definition was revisited by Durack and street in 1991 which is still used widely.[1]

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  • In [year], [scientist] was the first to discover the association between [risk factor] and the development of [disease name].
  • In [year], [gene] mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of [disease name].

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References

  1. Wright WF, Auwaerter PG (2020). "Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin: Review, Recent Advances, and Lingering Dogma". Open Forum Infect Dis. 7 (5): ofaa132. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa132. PMC 7237822 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 32462043 Check |pmid= value (help).

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