title: High seroprevalence of antibodies against spotted fever and scrub typhus bacteria in patients with febrile Illness, Kenya.
abstract: Serum samples from patients in Kenya with febrile illnesses were screened for antibodies against bacteria that cause spotted fever, typhus, and scrub typhus. Seroprevalence was 10% for spotted fever group, <1% for typhus group, and 5% for scrub typhus group. Results should help clinicians expand their list of differential diagnoses for undifferentiated fevers.
authors: Jacqueline W
authors: JW
authors: Thiga
authors: Beth K
authors: BK
authors: Mutai
authors: Wurapa K
authors: WK
authors: Eyako
authors: Zipporah
authors: Z
authors: Ng'ang'a
authors: Ju
authors: J
authors: Jiang
authors: Allen L
authors: AL
authors: Richards
authors: John N
authors: JN
authors: Waitumbi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000276:immunology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000276:immunology*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000635:transmission; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000635:transmission; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial
keywords: Kenya; Rickettsia; bacteria; rickettsial infections; scrub typhus; seroprevalence; spotted fever; typhus fever