Rickettsia fells infection in febrile patients, Western Kenya, 2007-2010
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Maina, Alice N.
Knobel, Darryn Leslie
Jiang, Ju
Halliday, Jo E.B.
Feikin, Daniel R.
Cleaveland, Sarah
Ng’ang’a, Zipporah
Junghae, Muthoni
Breiman, Robert F.
Richards, Allen L.
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Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
To determine previous exposure and incidence of
rickettsial infections in western Kenya during 2007–2010,
we conducted hospital-based surveillance. Antibodies
against rickettsiae were detected in 57.4% of previously
collected serum samples. In a 2008–2010 prospective
study, Rickettsia felis DNA was 2.2× more likely to be
detected in febrile than in afebrile persons.
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Rickettsia felis infection, Febrile patients
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Maina, AN, Knobel, DL, Jiang, J, Halliday, J, Feikin, DR, Cleaveland, S, Nganga, Z, Junghae, M, Breiman, RF, Richards, AL & Njenga, MK 2012, 'Rickettsia fells infection in febrile patients, Western Kenya, 2007-2010', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 328-331.