Rickettsia felis Infection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007–2010

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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
• Description:
  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× more likely to be detected in febrile than in afebrile persons.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Antibodies, Bacterial Bacterial Proteins Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Female Fever Humans Incidence Infant Male Middle Aged Molecular Typing Rickettsia Infections Sequence Analysis, DNA Seroepidemiologic Studies Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(2):328-331.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b3eceb3e4617a5a93f431e63aa650fc6eada00f3a03b7eef516ef1250576e9a5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7974/cdc_7974_DS1.pdf
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