TY - JOUR AU - Njeru, John AU - Melzer, Falk AU - Wareth, Gamal AU - El-Adawy, Hosny AU - Henning, Klaus AU - Pletz, Mathias AU - Heller, Regine AU - Kariuki, Samuel AU - Fèvre, Eric AU - Neubauer, Heinrich T1 - Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 12 SP - 2160 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2014–2015, patients in northeastern Kenya were assessed for brucellosis and characteristics that might help clinicians identify brucellosis. Among 146 confirmed brucellosis patients, 29 (20%) had negative serologic tests. No clinical feature was a good indicator of infection, which was associated with animal contact and drinking raw milk. KW - seroprevalence KW - Brucella abortus KW - brucellosis KW - bacteria KW - bacterial infection KW - fever KW - febrile KW - zoonotic KW - zoonoses KW - Garissa KW - Wajir KW - Kenya DO - 10.3201/eid2212.160285 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/12/16-0285_article ER - End of Reference