Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007
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Reller, ME; Bodinayake, C; Nagahawatte, A; Devasiri, V; Kodikara-Arachichi, W; Strouse, JJ; Flom, JE; Østbye, T; Woods, CW; Dumler, JS
Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases
2012
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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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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1080-6040
Publication Date
2012
Volume
18
Issue
5
Start / End Page
825 / 829
Related Subject Headings
- Microbiology
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 4202 Epidemiology
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1108 Medical Microbiology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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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), 825–829. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805/111563
Reller, M. E., C. Bodinayake, A. Nagahawatte, V. Devasiri, W. Kodikara-Arachichi, J. J. Strouse, J. E. Flom, T. Østbye, C. W. Woods, and J. S. Dumler. “Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 18, no. 5 (2012): 825–29. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805/111563.
Reller ME, Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kodikara-Arachichi W, Strouse JJ, et al. Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012;18(5):825–9.
Reller, M. E., et al. “Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007.” Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 18, no. 5, 2012, pp. 825–29. Scival, doi:10.3201/eid1805/111563.
Reller ME, Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kodikara-Arachichi W, Strouse JJ, Flom JE, Østbye T, Woods CW, Dumler JS. Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012;18(5):825–829.
Published In
Emerging Infectious Diseases
DOI
ISSN
1080-6040
Publication Date
2012
Volume
18
Issue
5
Start / End Page
825 / 829
Related Subject Headings
- Microbiology
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 4202 Epidemiology
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1108 Medical Microbiology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences