Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zida, Sylvie ; Kania, Dramane ; Sotto, Albert ; Brun, Michel ; Picardeau, Mathieu ; Castéra, Joany ; Bolloré, Karine ; Kagoné, Thérèse ; Traoré, Jacques ; Ouoba, Aline ; Dujols, Pierre ; Van de Perre, Philippe ; Méda, Nicolas ; Tuaillon, Edouard
• Description:
  Patients in Burkina Faso who sought medical attention for febrile jaundice were tested for leptospirosis. We confirmed leptospirosis in 27 (3.46%) of 781 patients: 23 (2.94%) tested positive using serologic assays and 4 (0.51%) using LipL32 PCR. We further presumed leptospirosis in 16 (2.82%) IgM-positive specimens.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Antibodies, Bacterial Child Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Fever Humans Jaundice Leptospira Leptospirosis Male Polymerase Chain Reaction Serogroup

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(8):1569-1572
• Pubmed ID:
  30016238
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6056135
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Burkina Faso
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:653afe380c7e5e24ccceb86799f7c2cd8e6109016c9983736eb7fb334fadd42e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/57942/cdc_57942_DS1.pdf
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