Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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
• Description:
  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:
  Adolescent Adult Antibodies, Bacterial Child Female Fever Humans Immunoglobulin G Male Middle Aged Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(5):825-829.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K23AIO83931/PHS HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Sri Lanka
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8c044632b595f3ea780b854ab3674c8b2939d372df7559256638795e8ca6b095
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23913/cdc_23913_DS1.pdf
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