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Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums,Brazil |
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| Authors: | John B. Fournier Lucas S. Blanton Nivison Nery Jr. Elsio A. Wunder Jr. Federico Costa Mitermayer G. Reis Guilherme S. Ribeiro David H. Walker Albert I. Ko |
| Affiliation: | Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (J.B. Fournier, E.A. Wunder Jr., F. Costa, M.G. Reis, A.I. Ko);University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (L.S. Blanton, D.H. Walker);Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil (N. Nery Jr., F. Costa, M.G. Reis, G.S. Ribeiro, A.I. Ko);Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador (N. Nery Jr., F. Costa, M.G. Reis, G.S. Ribeiro) |
| Abstract: | We conducted enhanced acute febrile illness surveillance in an urban slum community in Salvador, Brazil. We found that rickettsial infection accounted for 3.5% of urgent care visits for acute fever. Our results suggest that rickettsiae might be an underrecognized, treatable cause of acute febrile illness in impoverished urban populations in Brazil. |
| Keywords: | Rickettsia bacteria parasites vector-borne infections zoonoses spotted fever group rickettsiae typhus group rickettsiae acute febrile illness urban slums Brazil |