Murine Typhus and Febrile Illness, Nepal
- Mark D. Zimmerman
- David R. Murdoch
- Patrick J. Rozmajzl
- Buddha Basnyat
- Christopher W. Woods
- Allen L. Richards
- Ram Hari Belbase
- David A. Hammer
- Trevor P. Anderson
- L. Barth Reller
Publication date
October 2008
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from those with blood culture–positive enteric fever
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