Human Infection with Rickettsia felis, Kenya

To determine the cause of acute febrile illnesses other than malaria in the North Eastern Province, Kenya, we investigated rickettsial infection among patients from Garissa Provincial Hospital for 23 months during 2006–2008. Nucleic acid preparations of serum from 6 (3.7%) of 163 patients were posit...

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Autores principales: Richards, Allen L., Jiang, Ju, Omulo, Sylvia, Dare, Ryan, Abdirahman, Khalif, Ali, Abdile, Sharif, Shanaaz K., Feikin, Daniel R., Breiman, Robert F., Njenga, M. Kariuki
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587178
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.091885
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author Richards, Allen L.
Jiang, Ju
Omulo, Sylvia
Dare, Ryan
Abdirahman, Khalif
Ali, Abdile
Sharif, Shanaaz K.
Feikin, Daniel R.
Breiman, Robert F.
Njenga, M. Kariuki
author_facet Richards, Allen L.
Jiang, Ju
Omulo, Sylvia
Dare, Ryan
Abdirahman, Khalif
Ali, Abdile
Sharif, Shanaaz K.
Feikin, Daniel R.
Breiman, Robert F.
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description To determine the cause of acute febrile illnesses other than malaria in the North Eastern Province, Kenya, we investigated rickettsial infection among patients from Garissa Provincial Hospital for 23 months during 2006–2008. Nucleic acid preparations of serum from 6 (3.7%) of 163 patients were positive for rickettsial DNA as determined by a genus-specific quantitative real-time PCR and were subsequently confirmed by molecular sequencing to be positive for Rickettsia felis. The 6 febrile patients’ symptoms included headache; nausea; and muscle, back, and joint pain. None of the patients had a skin rash.
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spelling pubmed-33219092012-04-24 Human Infection with Rickettsia felis, Kenya Richards, Allen L. Jiang, Ju Omulo, Sylvia Dare, Ryan Abdirahman, Khalif Ali, Abdile Sharif, Shanaaz K. Feikin, Daniel R. Breiman, Robert F. Njenga, M. Kariuki Emerg Infect Dis Research To determine the cause of acute febrile illnesses other than malaria in the North Eastern Province, Kenya, we investigated rickettsial infection among patients from Garissa Provincial Hospital for 23 months during 2006–2008. Nucleic acid preparations of serum from 6 (3.7%) of 163 patients were positive for rickettsial DNA as determined by a genus-specific quantitative real-time PCR and were subsequently confirmed by molecular sequencing to be positive for Rickettsia felis. The 6 febrile patients’ symptoms included headache; nausea; and muscle, back, and joint pain. None of the patients had a skin rash. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3321909/ /pubmed/20587178 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.091885 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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