Rickettsia felis infection in febrile patients, western Kenya, 2007-2010.
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.
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
Alice N
AN
Maina
Darryn L
DL
Knobel
Ju
J
Jiang
Jo
J
Halliday
Daniel R
DR
Feikin
Sarah
S
Cleaveland
Zipporah
Z
Ng'ang'a
Muthoni
M
Junghae
Robert F
RF
Breiman
Allen L
AL
Richards
M Kariuki
MK
Njenga
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058889:Molecular Typing; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D041161:Rickettsia felis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D055815:Young Adult
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins