Rickettsia felis Infection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007–2010

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...

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Autores principales: Maina, Alice N., Knobel, Darryn L., Jiang, Ju, Halliday, Jo, Feikin, Daniel R., Cleaveland, Sarah, Ng’ang’a, Zipporah, Junghae, Muthoni, Breiman, Robert F., Richards, Allen L., Njenga, M. Kariuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22304807
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.111372
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Sumario: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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