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<i>Rickettsia felis</i>Infection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007–2010

Alice N. Maina, Darryn L. Knobel, Ju Jiang, Jo E. B. Halliday, Daniel R. Feikin, Sarah Cleaveland, Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Muthoni Junghae, Robert F. Breiman, Allen L. Richards,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2012 · 87 citations · 14 references

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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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