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.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. e.a.kendall@vanderbilt.edu
Emily A
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Kendall
Regina C
RC
LaRocque
Duy M
DM
Bui
Renee
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Galloway
Mary D
MD
Ari
Doli
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Goswami
Robert F
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Breiman
Stephen
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Luby
W Abdullah
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Brooks
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