Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure to spotted fever and/or typhus group rickettsioses and 121 (13.7%) scrub typh...

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Autores principales: Reller, Megan E., Bodinayake, Champica, Nagahawatte, Ajith, Devasiri, Vasantha, Kodikara-Arachichi, Wasantha, Strouse, John J., Flom, Judith E., Østbye, Truls, Woods, Christopher W., Dumler, J. Stephen
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22516455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111563
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author Reller, Megan E.
Bodinayake, Champica
Nagahawatte, Ajith
Devasiri, Vasantha
Kodikara-Arachichi, Wasantha
Strouse, John J.
Flom, Judith E.
Østbye, Truls
Woods, Christopher W.
Dumler, J. Stephen
author_facet Reller, Megan E.
Bodinayake, Champica
Nagahawatte, Ajith
Devasiri, Vasantha
Kodikara-Arachichi, Wasantha
Strouse, John J.
Flom, Judith E.
Østbye, Truls
Woods, Christopher W.
Dumler, J. Stephen
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description We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure to spotted fever and/or typhus group rickettsioses and 121 (13.7%) scrub typhus. Increased awareness of rickettsioses and better tests are needed.
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spelling pubmed-33580782012-05-29 Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007 Reller, Megan E. Bodinayake, Champica Nagahawatte, Ajith Devasiri, Vasantha Kodikara-Arachichi, Wasantha Strouse, John J. Flom, Judith E. Østbye, Truls Woods, Christopher W. Dumler, J. Stephen Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure to spotted fever and/or typhus group rickettsioses and 121 (13.7%) scrub typhus. Increased awareness of rickettsioses and better tests are needed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3358078/ /pubmed/22516455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111563 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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Reller, Megan E.
Bodinayake, Champica
Nagahawatte, Ajith
Devasiri, Vasantha
Kodikara-Arachichi, Wasantha
Strouse, John J.
Flom, Judith E.
Østbye, Truls
Woods, Christopher W.
Dumler, J. Stephen
Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007
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title_full Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007
title_fullStr Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007
title_full_unstemmed Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007
title_short Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007
title_sort unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, sri lanka, 2007
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22516455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111563
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