Murine typhus and febrile illness, Nepal

Murine typhus and febrile illness, Nepal

Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2008-10, Vol.14 (10), p.1656-1659
Hauptverfasser: Zimmerman, Mark D, Murdoch, David R, Rozmajzl, Patrick J, Basnyat, Buddha, Woods, Christopher W, Richards, Allen L, Belbase, Ram Hari, Hammer, David A, Anderson, Trevor P, Reller, L Barth
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
Diagnosis, Differential
Dispatch
Female
Fever - microbiology
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Methods
Middle Aged
Murine typhus
Nepal
Nepal - epidemiology
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rickettsia typhi
Rickettsia typhi - genetics
Rickettsia typhi - isolation & purification
typhoid
Typhoid Fever - diagnosis
Typhoid Fever - epidemiology
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne - diagnosis
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne - epidemiology
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from those with blood culture-positive enteric fever.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1410.080236