Volume 21, Number 10—October 2015
Research
Possible Role of Rickettsia felis in Acute Febrile Illness among Children in Gabon
Table 3
Prevalence of Rickettsia felis infection among febrile and afebrile children <15 years of age, Gabon, April 2013–January 2014*
Location, participants’ fever status | No. positive children/no. tested (%), by age, y |
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0–1 | >1–3 | >3–5 | >5–7 | >7–9 | >9–15 | All ages | ||
Fougamou | ||||||||
Febrile | 7/22 (31.8) | 8/11 (72.7) | 4/11 (36.4) | 2/6 (33.3) | 2/5 (40.0) | 0/3 | 23/58 (39.7) | |
Afebrile |
1/5 (20.0) |
0/4 |
0/3 |
0/3 |
0/2 |
0/3 |
1/20 (5.0) |
|
Lastourville | ||||||||
Febrile | 4/38 (10.5) | 7/42 (16.7) | 3/34 (8.8) | 1/9 (11.1) | 0/8 | 0/3 | 15/134 (11.2) | |
Afebrile |
0/2 |
0/6 |
0/5 |
0/1 |
0/2 |
NA |
0/16 |
|
Koulamoutou† | ||||||||
Febrile |
0/55 |
0/35 |
3/24 (12.5) |
0/14 |
0/7 |
0/6 |
3/141 (2.1) |
|
Franceville | ||||||||
Febrile | 0/14 | 1 /17 (5.8) | 0/18 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/8 | 1/77 (1.3) | |
Afebrile |
0/10 |
1/7 (14.2) |
0/1 |
0/4 |
0/2 |
NA |
1/24 (4.2) |
|
Total cases | 12/146 (8.2) | 17/122 (13.9) | 10/96 (10.4) | 3/47 (4.1) | 2/36 (5.5) | 0/23 | 44/470 (9.4) |
*NA, not available.
†No afebrile children in Koulamoutou were enrolled in the study.