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Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

  • Reller M
  • Bodinayake C
  • Nagahawatte A
  • et al.
Emerging Infectious Diseases (2012) 18(5)
DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.111563
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Abstract

We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure to spotted fever and/or typhus group rickettsioses and 121 (13.7%) scrub typhus. Increased awareness of rickettsioses and better tests are needed.

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Reller, M. E., Bodinayake, C., Nagahawatte, A., Devasiri, V., Kodikara-Arachichi, W., Strouse, J. J., … Dumler, J. S. (2012). Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(5). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111563

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