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SUBMITTER: Thiga JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4378494 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thiga Jacqueline W JW Mutai Beth K BK Eyako Wurapa K WK Ng'ang'a Zipporah Z Jiang Ju J Richards Allen L AL Waitumbi John N JN
Emerging infectious diseases 20150401 4
Serum samples from patients in Kenya with febrile illnesses were screened for antibodies against bacteria that cause spotted fever, typhus, and scrub typhus. Seroprevalence was 10% for spotted fever group, <1% for typhus group, and 5% for scrub typhus group. Results should help clinicians expand their list of differential diagnoses for undifferentiated fevers. ...[more]