Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh.
We tested paired sera from 584 febrile persons in an low-income urban community in Bangladesh for evidence of Leptospira infection. A total of 8.4% of the persons met criteria for definite or probable infection. Persons with leptospirosis were older than those with undifferentiated fever in this population. The dominant infecting serogroups in Bangladesh differed from serogroups commonly reported in nearby regions.
Kendall
Emily A
EA
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. e.a.kendall@vanderbilt.edu
LaRocque
Regina C
RC
Bui
Duy M
DM
Galloway
Renee
R
Ari
Mary D
MD
Goswami
Doli
D
Breiman
Robert F
RF
Luby
Stephen
S
Brooks
W Abdullah
WA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult