Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

Megan E. Reller; Champica Bodinayake; Ajith Nagahawatte; Vasantha Devasiri; Wasantha Kodikara-Arachichi; John J. Strouse; Judith E. Flom; Truls Østbye; Christopher W. Woods; J. Stephen Dumler

doi:10.3201/eid1805/111563

Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

Megan E. Reller
, Champica Bodinayake
, Ajith Nagahawatte
, Vasantha Devasiri
, Wasantha Kodikara-Arachichi
, John J. Strouse
, Judith E. Flom
, Truls Østbye
, Christopher W. Woods
, J. Stephen Dumler

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	825-829
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	18
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805/111563
State	Published - May 2012

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