Short report: Prevalence of Bartonella quintana in patients with fever and head lice from rural areas of Sine-Saloum, Senegal

Abstract

Trench fever is poorly known by the staff of health facilities that manage febrile patients in Senegal. Bartonella quintana DNA was identified in 5 of 274 (2%) febrile patients from two rural dispensaries and 2 of 71 (3%) head lice specimens collected from the same villages. Copyright © 2014 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.