Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure to spotted fever and/or typhus group rickettsioses and 121 (13.7%) scrub typh...

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Main Authors: Megan E. Reller, Champica Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara-Arachichi, John J. Strouse, Judith E. Flom, Truls Østbye, Christopher W. Woods, J. Stephen Dumler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rickettsial infection
serologic tests
Sri Lanka
fever
rickettsia
scrub typhus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/5/11-1563_article

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