Journal article
Serosurveillance of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi in Bangladesh.
- Abstract:
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Scrub and murine typhus infections are under-diagnosed causes of febrile illness across the tropics, and it is not known how common they are in Bangladesh. We conducted a prospective seroepidemiologic survey across six major teaching hospitals in Bangladesh by using an IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results indicated recent exposure (287 of 1,209, 23.7% seropositive for Orientia tsutsugamushi and 805 of 1,209, 66.6% seropositive for Rickettsia typhi). Seropositive rates were different...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Journal:
- American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Volume:
- 91
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 580-583
- Publication date:
- 2014-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-1645
- ISSN:
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0002-9637
- Source identifiers:
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477935
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- English
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- pubs:477935
- Deposit date:
- 2014-08-16
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- 2014
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