Fig. 4

The most commonly reported bacterial infections by mode of transmission, in a systematic review of published aetiological studies and case reports from Africa, 1980–2015. Legend: The left-hand panel includes data from all study types (case series, fever series, and seroprevalence studies). The right-hand panel is restricted to fever series data. The graph presents the top 10 pathogens (based on the number of the published articles) by epidemiological mode of transmission. The numbers inside each dot represent the number of articles