TY - JOUR AU - Maina, Alice AU - Farris, Christina AU - Odhiambo, Antony AU - Jiang, Ju AU - Laktabai, Jeremiah AU - Armstrong, Janice AU - Holland, Thomas AU - Richards, Allen AU - O’Meara, Wendy T1 - Q Fever, Scrub Typhus, and Rickettsial Diseases in Children, Kenya, 2011–2012 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 5 SP - 883 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To increase knowledge of undifferentiated fevers in Kenya, we tested paired serum samples from febrile children in western Kenya for antibodies against pathogens increasingly recognized to cause febrile illness in Africa. Of patients assessed, 8.9%, 22.4%, 1.1%, and 3.6% had enhanced seroreactivity to Coxiella burnetii, spotted fever group rickettsiae, typhus group rickettsiae, and scrub typhus group orientiae, respectively. KW - Q fever KW - Coxiella burnetii KW - scrub typhus KW - rickettsial diseases KW - rickettsiae KW - spotted fever group rickettsia KW - typhus group rickettsia KW - Kenya KW - pediatric KW - undifferentiated fever KW - febrile illness KW - bacteria KW - Ticks DO - 10.3201/eid2205.150953 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/15-0953_article ER - End of Reference