New Microbes and New Infections (Sep 2017)

Nationwide prevalence of Rickettsia felis infections in patients with febrile illness in Bangladesh

  • N.F. Chowdhury,
  • S.K. Paul,
  • M.S. Aung,
  • M.A. Hossain,
  • F. Ahamed,
  • S. Ahmed,
  • N. Haque,
  • S.A. Nasreen,
  • S.I. Khan,
  • S.M.M. Rahman,
  • A.S.M.M. Rahman,
  • F. Ferdouse,
  • R. Ahmed,
  • S.M. Sultan,
  • M.U. Ahmed,
  • N. Urushibara,
  • N. Kobayashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.07.005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. C
pp. 123 – 125

Abstract

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From July 2015 to December 2016, the presence of rickettsial pathogens was investigated for 414 patients with unknown fever in eight places in all the divisions of Bangladesh. Rickettsia felis was identified in blood samples from all the regions (overall detection rate, 19.6%), suggesting nationwide prevalence of R. felis infections.

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