TY - JOUR AU - Reller, Megan AU - Bodinayake, Champica AU - Nagahawatte, Ajith AU - Devasiri, Vasantha AU - Kodikara-Arachichi, Wasantha AU - Strouse, John AU - Flom, Judith AU - Østbye, Truls AU - Woods, Christopher AU - Dumler, J. Stephen T1 - Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 5 SP - 825 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure to spotted fever and/or typhus group rickettsioses and 121 (13.7%) scrub typhus. Increased awareness of rickettsioses and better tests are needed. KW - Rickettsial infection KW - serologic tests KW - Sri Lanka KW - fever KW - rickettsia KW - scrub typhus KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid1805.111563 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/5/11-1563_article ER - End of Reference