We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007.
- Authors
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
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
SRI Lanka; RICKETTSIAL diseases; RICKETTSIAS; FEVER; TYPHUS fever; SERUM
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 5, p825
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1805.111563