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

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

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

Published Date:

Feb 2012

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Emerg Infect Dis. 18(2):328-331.

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Maina, Alice N. ; Knobel, Darryn L. ; Jiang, Ju ; Halliday, Jo ; Feikin, Daniel R. ; ... More ▼

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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.

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