Rickettsia felis Infection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007–2010
- Alice N. Maina
- Darryn L. Knobel
- Ju Jiang
- Jo Halliday
- Daniel R. Feikin
- Sarah Cleaveland
- Zipporah Ng’ang’a
- Muthoni Junghae
- Robert F. Breiman
- Allen L. Richards
- M. Kariuki Njenga
Publication date
February 2012
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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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