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- Title
Rickettsia felis Infection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007-2010.
- Authors
Maina, Alice N.; Knobel, Darryn L.; Jiang, Ju; Halliday, Jo; Feikin, Daniel R.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Ng'ang'a, Zipporah; Junghae, Muthoni; Breiman, Robert F.; Richards, Allen L.; Njenga, M. Kariuki
- Abstract
To determine previous exposure and incidence of rickettsial infections in western Kenya during 2007-2010, we conducted hospital-based surveillance. Antibodies against rickettsiae were detected in 57.4% of previously collected serum samples. In a 2008-2010 prospective study, Rickettsia felis DNA was 2.2 x more likely to be detected in febrile than in afebrile persons.
- Subjects
KENYA; RICKETTSIAL diseases; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; SERUM; DNA; GENES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 2, p328
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1802.111372