Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh

From July 2015 to December 2016, the presence of rickettsial pathogens was investigated for 414 patients with unknown fever in eight places in all the divisions of Bangladesh. Rickettsia felis was identified in blood samples from all the regions (overall detection rate, 19.6%), suggesting nationwide...

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Autores principales: Chowdhury, N.F., Paul, S.K., Aung, M.S., Hossain, M.A., Ahamed, F., Ahmed, S., Haque, N., Nasreen, S.A., Khan, S.I., Rahman, S.M.M., Rahman, A.S.M.M., Ferdouse, F., Ahmed, R., Sultan, S.M., Ahmed, M.U., Urushibara, N., Kobayashi, N.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.07.005
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author Chowdhury, N.F.
Paul, S.K.
Aung, M.S.
Hossain, M.A.
Ahamed, F.
Ahmed, S.
Haque, N.
Nasreen, S.A.
Khan, S.I.
Rahman, S.M.M.
Rahman, A.S.M.M.
Ferdouse, F.
Ahmed, R.
Sultan, S.M.
Ahmed, M.U.
Urushibara, N.
Kobayashi, N.
author_facet Chowdhury, N.F.
Paul, S.K.
Aung, M.S.
Hossain, M.A.
Ahamed, F.
Ahmed, S.
Haque, N.
Nasreen, S.A.
Khan, S.I.
Rahman, S.M.M.
Rahman, A.S.M.M.
Ferdouse, F.
Ahmed, R.
Sultan, S.M.
Ahmed, M.U.
Urushibara, N.
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description From July 2015 to December 2016, the presence of rickettsial pathogens was investigated for 414 patients with unknown fever in eight places in all the divisions of Bangladesh. Rickettsia felis was identified in blood samples from all the regions (overall detection rate, 19.6%), suggesting nationwide prevalence of R. felis infections.
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spelling pubmed-55520562017-08-22 Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh Chowdhury, N.F. Paul, S.K. Aung, M.S. Hossain, M.A. Ahamed, F. Ahmed, S. Haque, N. Nasreen, S.A. Khan, S.I. Rahman, S.M.M. Rahman, A.S.M.M. Ferdouse, F. Ahmed, R. Sultan, S.M. Ahmed, M.U. Urushibara, N. Kobayashi, N. New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor From July 2015 to December 2016, the presence of rickettsial pathogens was investigated for 414 patients with unknown fever in eight places in all the divisions of Bangladesh. Rickettsia felis was identified in blood samples from all the regions (overall detection rate, 19.6%), suggesting nationwide prevalence of R. felis infections. Elsevier 2017-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5552056/ /pubmed/28831298 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.07.005 Text en © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Letter to the Editor
Chowdhury, N.F.
Paul, S.K.
Aung, M.S.
Hossain, M.A.
Ahamed, F.
Ahmed, S.
Haque, N.
Nasreen, S.A.
Khan, S.I.
Rahman, S.M.M.
Rahman, A.S.M.M.
Ferdouse, F.
Ahmed, R.
Sultan, S.M.
Ahmed, M.U.
Urushibara, N.
Kobayashi, N.
Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh
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title_full Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh
title_short Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh
title_sort nationwide prevalence of rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in bangladesh
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.07.005
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