1. Murine Typhus and Febrile Illness, Nepal.
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Zimmerman, Mark D., Murdoch, David R., Rozmajzl, Patrick J., Basnyat, Buddha, Woods, Christopher W., Richards, Allen L., Belbase, Ram Hari, Hammer, David A., Anderson, Trevor P., and Reller, L. Barth
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TYPHOID fever ,ENDEMIC flea-borne typhus ,FEVER ,PATIENTS - Abstract
Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from those with blood culture--positive enteric fever. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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