TY - JOUR AU - Zida, Sylvie AU - Kania, Dramane AU - Sotto, Albert AU - Brun, Michel AU - Picardeau, Mathieu AU - Castéra, Joany AU - Bolloré, Karine AU - Kagoné, Thérèse AU - Traoré, Jacques AU - Ouoba, Aline AU - Dujols, Pierre AU - Van de Perre, Philippe AU - Méda, Nicolas AU - Tuaillon, Edouard T1 - Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 8 SP - 1569 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Patients in Burkina Faso who sought medical attention for febrile jaundice were tested for leptospirosis. We confirmed leptospirosis in 27 (3.46%) of 781 patients: 23 (2.94%) tested positive using serologic assays and 4 (0.51%) using LipL32 PCR. We further presumed leptospirosis in 16 (2.82%) IgM-positive specimens. KW - leptospirosis KW - febrile illness KW - jaundice KW - icteric KW - ELISA KW - MAT KW - PCR KW - bacteria KW - Burkina Faso KW - West Africa DO - 10.3201/eid2408.170436 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/8/17-0436_article ER - End of Reference