Rickettsia felis–associated Uneruptive Fever, Senegal

During November 2008–July 2009, we investigated the origin of unknown fever in Senegalese patients with a negative malaria test result, focusing on potential rickettsial infection. Using molecular tools, we found evidence for Rickettsia felis–associated illness in the initial days of infection in fe...

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Autores principales: Socolovschi, Cristina, Mediannikov, Oleg, Sokhna, Cheikh, Tall, Adama, Diatta, Georges, Bassene, Hubert, Trape, Jean-François, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587190
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.100070
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Sumario:During November 2008–July 2009, we investigated the origin of unknown fever in Senegalese patients with a negative malaria test result, focusing on potential rickettsial infection. Using molecular tools, we found evidence for Rickettsia felis–associated illness in the initial days of infection in febrile Senegalese patients without malaria.

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