Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Research
Common Epidemiology of Rickettsia felis Infection and Malaria, Africa
Table 2
Attack rate of Rickettsia felis infection and malaria by country and geographic site, Africa, 2010–2012
No. samples positive/no. tested (%) |
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Participant status Country Study site (site abbreviation) | Collection period | No. samples* | R. felis | Plasmodium spp. | R. felis/ Plasmodium spp. co-infection | |||
Febrile patients | ||||||||
Senegal | Jun 2010–Mar 2012 | 2,024 | 312/2,024 (15) | 400/1,867† (21) | 66/285 (23)* | |||
Dielmo (S1) | Jun 2010–Feb 2012 | 540 | 39/540 (7) | 118/509 (23) | 8/36 (22) | |||
Ndiop (S2) | Jun 2010–Feb 2012 | 246 | 20/246 (8) | 33/237 (14) | 3/18 (17) | |||
Keur-Momar Sarr (S3) | Mar–Nov 2011 | 223 | 36/223 (16) | 44/196 (22) | 9/33 (27) | |||
Niakhar (S4) | Oct 2010–Mar 2012 | 316 | 76/316 (24) | 74/303 (24) | 18/74 (24) | |||
Basse-Casamance (S5) | Jan 2011–Mar 2012 | 411 | 84/411 (20) | 37/350 (11) | 7/69 (10) | |||
Kedougou (S6) |
2011 |
288 |
57/288 (20) |
94/272 (34) |
21/55 (38) |
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Gabon | ||||||||
Franceville |
2011 |
50 |
5/50 (10) |
19/50 (38)‡ |
2/5 (40)** |
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Mali | 2011 | 100 | 3/100 (3) | 90% (90/100) | 3/3 (100) | |||
Diakambou (M1) | Oct | 50 | 1/50 (2) | 82% (41/50) | 1/1 (100) | |||
Kole (M2) |
Nov |
50 |
2/50 (4) |
98% (49/50) |
2/2 (100) |
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Algeria | ||||||||
Oran |
Jul–Sep 2012 |
257 |
2/257 (1) |
1/257 (0,4%) |
0/1 |
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Morocco | ||||||||
Casablanca |
May–Jun 2006 |
48 |
1/48 (2) |
0/38† |
0 |
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Tunisia | ||||||||
Sfax |
2012 |
183 |
0/183 |
0/183 |
0 |
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France | ||||||||
Marseille |
2012 |
400 |
0/400 |
0/400 |
0 |
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Afebrile persons
Senegal (S1-S2) |
Dec 20s11–Apr 2012 |
391 |
17/391 (4) |
5/391 (1) |
0/5 |
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France | ||||||||
Marseille | 2011–2012 | 100 | 0/100 | 0/100 | 0 |
*Reliable samples.
†There were insufficient DNA samples for the analysis of Plasmodium spp., as decided a posteriori.
‡Positive by blood smear.