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High seroprevalence of antibodies against spotted fever and scrub typhus bacteria in patients with febrile Illness, Kenya.


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Thiga JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4378494 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High seroprevalence of antibodies against spotted fever and scrub typhus bacteria in patients with febrile Illness, Kenya.

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]

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