title: Murine typhus and febrile illness, Nepal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Murdoch
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rozmajzl
authors.forename: Buddha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basnyat
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Ram Hari
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Belbase
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: Trevor P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: L Barth
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Reller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology