Rickettsioses as major etiologies of unrecognized acute febrile illness, Sabah, East Malaysia

• Main Authors: Grigg, Matthew J., William, Timothy, Clemens, Emily G., Patel, Kaajal, Chandna, Arjun, Wilkes, Christopher S., Barber, Bridget E., Anstey, Nicholas M., Dumler, J. Stephen, Yeo, Tsin Wen, Reller, Megan E.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Acute Febrile Illness; Dizziness
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146334
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Orientia tsutsugamushi, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses (TGR) are reemerging causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Southeast Asia. To further delineate extent, we enrolled patients >4 weeks of age with nonmalarial AFI in Sabah, Malaysia, during 2013-2015. We c...