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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.150953
Personal Author:
Maina, Alice N. ; Farris, Christina M. ; Odhiambo, Antony ; Jiang, Ju ; Laktabai, Jeremiah ; ... More +
Maina, Alice N. ; Farris, Christina M. ; Odhiambo, Antony ; Jiang, Ju ; Laktabai, Jeremiah ; Armstrong, Janice ; Holland, Thomas ; Richards, Allen L. ; O’Meara, Wendy P. Less -
Description:
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.
Subject:
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Bacteria
Coxiella Burnetii
Dispatch
Febrile Illness
Pediatric
Q Fever
Q Fever, Scrub Typhus, And Rickettsial Diseases In Children, Kenya, 2011–2012
Rickettsiae
Rickettsial Diseases
Scrub Typhus
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia
Typhus Group Rickettsia
Undifferentiated Fever

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 22(5):883-886.
Pubmed ID:
27088502
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4861507
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Kenya
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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