Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2018)

Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso

  • Sylvie Zida,
  • Dramane Kania,
  • Albert Sotto,
  • Michel Brun,
  • Mathieu Picardeau,
  • Joany Castéra,
  • Karine Bolloré,
  • Thérèse Kagoné,
  • Jacques Traoré,
  • Aline Ouoba,
  • Pierre Dujols,
  • Philippe Van de Perre,
  • Nicolas Méda,
  • Edouard Tuaillon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.170436
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 8
pp. 1569 – 1572

Abstract

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Patients in Burkina Faso who sought medical attention for febrile jaundice were tested for leptospirosis. We confirmed leptospirosis in 27 (3.46%) of 781 patients: 23 (2.94%) tested positive using serologic assays and 4 (0.51%) using LipL32 PCR. We further presumed leptospirosis in 16 (2.82%) IgM-positive specimens.

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