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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025

CME ACTIVITY - Research

Rickettsioses as Underrecognized Cause of Hospitalization for Febrile Illness, Uganda

Paul W. BlairComments to Author , Sultanah Alharthi, Andrés F. Londoño, Abdullah Wailagala, Yukari C. Manabe, J. Stephen Dumler, and the Acute Febrile Illness and Sepsis in Uganda Study Teams1
Author affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (P.W. Blair, S. Alharthi); Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (A.F. Londoño, J.S. Dumler); Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (A. Wailagala); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Y.C. Manabe)

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Figure 2

Box plot of platelet counts from patient samples by infection type in study of rickettsioses as an underrecognized cause of hospitalization for febrile illness, Uganda. Horizontal lines within boxes indicate median; box tops and bottoms indicate interquartile ranges; error bar above is 1.5x the IQR to the highest value and the error bar below is 1.5x the IQR to the lowest value.

Figure 2. Box plot of platelet counts from patient samples by infection type in study of rickettsioses as an underrecognized cause of hospitalization for febrile illness, Uganda. Horizontal lines within boxes indicate median; box tops and bottoms indicate interquartile ranges; error bar above is 1.5x the IQR to the highest value and the error bar below is 1.5x the IQR to the lowest value.

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