Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso

Patients in Burkina Faso who sought medical attention for febrile jaundice were tested for leptospirosis. We confirmed leptospirosis in 27 (3.46%) of 781 patients: 23 (2.94%) tested positive using serologic assays and 4 (0.51%) using LipL32 PCR. We further presumed leptospirosis in 16 (2.82%) IgM-po...

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Autores principales: Zida, Sylvie, Kania, Dramane, Sotto, Albert, Brun, Michel, Picardeau, Mathieu, Castéra, Joany, Bolloré, Karine, Kagoné, Thérèse, Traoré, Jacques, Ouoba, Aline, Dujols, Pierre, Van de Perre, Philippe, Méda, Nicolas, Tuaillon, Edouard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.170436
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author Zida, Sylvie
Kania, Dramane
Sotto, Albert
Brun, Michel
Picardeau, Mathieu
Castéra, Joany
Bolloré, Karine
Kagoné, Thérèse
Traoré, Jacques
Ouoba, Aline
Dujols, Pierre
Van de Perre, Philippe
Méda, Nicolas
Tuaillon, Edouard
author_facet Zida, Sylvie
Kania, Dramane
Sotto, Albert
Brun, Michel
Picardeau, Mathieu
Castéra, Joany
Bolloré, Karine
Kagoné, Thérèse
Traoré, Jacques
Ouoba, Aline
Dujols, Pierre
Van de Perre, Philippe
Méda, Nicolas
Tuaillon, Edouard
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description Patients in Burkina Faso who sought medical attention for febrile jaundice were tested for leptospirosis. We confirmed leptospirosis in 27 (3.46%) of 781 patients: 23 (2.94%) tested positive using serologic assays and 4 (0.51%) using LipL32 PCR. We further presumed leptospirosis in 16 (2.82%) IgM-positive specimens.
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spelling pubmed-60561352018-08-01 Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso Zida, Sylvie Kania, Dramane Sotto, Albert Brun, Michel Picardeau, Mathieu Castéra, Joany Bolloré, Karine Kagoné, Thérèse Traoré, Jacques Ouoba, Aline Dujols, Pierre Van de Perre, Philippe Méda, Nicolas Tuaillon, Edouard Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Patients in Burkina Faso who sought medical attention for febrile jaundice were tested for leptospirosis. We confirmed leptospirosis in 27 (3.46%) of 781 patients: 23 (2.94%) tested positive using serologic assays and 4 (0.51%) using LipL32 PCR. We further presumed leptospirosis in 16 (2.82%) IgM-positive specimens. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6056135/ /pubmed/30016238 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.170436 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.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Zida, Sylvie
Kania, Dramane
Sotto, Albert
Brun, Michel
Picardeau, Mathieu
Castéra, Joany
Bolloré, Karine
Kagoné, Thérèse
Traoré, Jacques
Ouoba, Aline
Dujols, Pierre
Van de Perre, Philippe
Méda, Nicolas
Tuaillon, Edouard
Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso
title Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso
title_full Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso
title_short Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso
title_sort leptospirosis as cause of febrile icteric illness, burkina faso
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.170436
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