TY - JOUR AU - Richards, Allen L. AU - Jiang, Ju AU - Omulo, Sylvia AU - Dare, Ryan AU - Abdirahman, Khalif AU - Ali, Abdile AU - Sharif, Shanaaz K. AU - Feikin, Daniel R. AU - Breiman, Robert F. AU - Njenga, M. Kariuki T1 - Human Infection with Rickettsia felis, Kenya T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 7 SP - 1081 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine the cause of acute febrile illnesses other than malaria in the North Eastern Province, Kenya, we investigated rickettsial infection among patients from Garissa Provincial Hospital for 23 months during 2006–2008. Nucleic acid preparations of serum from 6 (3.7%) of 163 patients were positive for rickettsial DNA as determined by a genus-specific quantitative real-time PCR and were subsequently confirmed by molecular sequencing to be positive for Rickettsia felis. The 6 febrile patients’ symptoms included headache; nausea; and muscle, back, and joint pain. None of the patients had a skin rash. KW - bacteria KW - Rickettsia felis KW - vector-borne infections KW - Rickettsia KW - Kenya KW - spotted fever group KW - rickettsiosis KW - flea-borne infections KW - quantitative PCR KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1607.091885 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/09-1885_article ER - End of Reference