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- Title
Q Fever, Scrub Typhus, and Rickettsial Diseases in Children, Kenya, 2011-2012.
- Authors
Maina, Alice N.; Farris, Christina M.; Odhiambo, Antony; Ju Jiang; Laktabai, Jeremiah; Armstrong, Janice; Holland, Thomas; Richards, Allen L.; O'Meara, Wendy P.; Jiang, Ju
- Abstract
To increase knowledge of undifferentiated fevers in Kenya, we tested paired serum samples from febrile children in western Kenya for antibodies against pathogens increasingly recognized to cause febrile illness in Africa. Of patients assessed, 8.9%, 22.4%, 1.1%, and 3.6% had enhanced seroreactivity to Coxiella burnetii, spotted fever group rickettsiae, typhus group rickettsiae, and scrub typhus group orientiae, respectively.
- Subjects
FEVER in children; BLOOD serum analysis; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; COXIELLA burnetii; RICKETTSIAS; TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 5, p883
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2205.150953