Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Njeru, John ; Melzer, Falk ; Wareth, Gamal ; El-Adawy, Hosny ; Henning, Klaus ; Pletz, Mathias W. ; Heller, Regine ; Kariuki, Samuel ; Fèvre, Eric ; Neubauer, Heinrich
• Description:
  During 2014-2015, patients in northeastern Kenya were assessed for brucellosis and characteristics that might help clinicians identify brucellosis. Among 146 confirmed brucellosis patients, 29 (20%) had negative serologic tests. No clinical feature was a good indicator of infection, which was associated with animal contact and drinking raw milk.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Bacterial Infection Brucella Abortus Brucellosis Dispatch Febrile Fever Seroprevalence Zoonoses Zoonotic
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(12):2160-2164.
• Pubmed ID:
  27662463
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5189133
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7e5d38ca4dc3b810b0f42e2ca19b29613c87eb6f4546f74c9383dc0bff6c7e16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43426/cdc_43426_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.38 MB ]