Rickettsia Felis-associated Uneruptive Fever, Senegal

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2010 Jul 1

PMID 20587190

Citations 76

Authors

Cristina Socolovschi

Oleg Mediannikov

Cheikh Sokhna

Adama Tall

Georges Diatta

Hubert Bassene

Jean Francois Trape

Didier Raoult

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Abstract

During November 2008-July 2009, we investigated the origin of unknown fever in Senegalese patients with a negative malaria test result, focusing on potential rickettsial infection. Using molecular tools, we found evidence for Rickettsia felis-associated illness in the initial days of infection in febrile Senegalese patients without malaria.

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