Rickettsia felisInfection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007–2010 | Zendy

Alice N. Maina | Zendy; Darryn L. Knobel | Zendy; Ju Jiang | Zendy; Jo E. B. Halliday | Zendy; Daniel R. Feikin | Zendy; Sarah Cleaveland | Zendy; Zipporah Ng’ang’a | Zendy; Muthoni Junghae | Zendy; Robert F. Breiman | Zendy; Allen L. Richards | Zendy; M. Kariuki Njenga | Zendy

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Rickettsia felisInfection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007–2010

Author(s) -

Alice N. Maina,

Darryn L. Knobel,

Ju Jiang,

Jo E. B. Halliday,

Daniel R. Feikin,

Sarah Cleaveland,

Zipporah Ng’ang’a,

Muthoni Junghae,

Robert F. Breiman,

Allen L. Richards,

M. Kariuki Njenga

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

emerging infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.54

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1080-6059

pISSN - 1080-6040

DOI - 10.3201/eid1802.111372

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , rickettsia , felis , medicine , spotted fever , virology , biology , cats , virus , physics , optics

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.

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