Undiagnosed fever--rickettsial, viral, and helminth infections.

Human Spotted Fever Rickettsial Infections

Serum specimens from patients at 4 sites in Peru were tested for evidence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection. Results showed that 30 (18%) of 170 patients had spotted fever group rickettsial infections, which likely caused their illnesses. These findings document laboratory-confirmed spotted fever from diverse areas of Peru.

Rickettsial Infections and Fever, Vientiane, Laos

Rickettsial diseases have not been described previously from Laos, but in a prospective study, acute rickettsial infection was identified as the cause of fever in 115 (27%) of 427 adults with negative blood cultures admitted to Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane, Laos. The organisms identified by serologic analysis were Orientia tsutsugamushi (14.8%), Rickettsia typhi (9.6%), and spotted fever group...

Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man

Diagnosis of Viral and Rickettsial Infections

DIAGNOSIS OF VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS. Edited by Frank L. Horsfall, Jr. Columbia University Press, New York, 1949. 153 pp. $3.75. This compact volume presents the twelve papers read at a symposium of the Section on Microbiology of the New York Academy of Medicine held at New York in January, 1948. The specific infectious diseases discussed are influenza, mumps, the psittacosis-lymphogra...

Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man

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