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Table 1 Distribution of pathogens among the febrile patients*

From: Prevalence and clinical presentation of Rickettsia, Coxiella, Leptospira, Bartonella and chikungunya virus infections among hospital-based febrile patients from December 2008 to November 2009 in Bangladesh

  

ELISA screening [N = 360]†

IFA test (titer > 64) [N = 720]‡

PRNT (titer ≥ 320) [N = 99]

PCR [N = 720]§

Culture [N = 720]

Rickettsial infections

Typhus group (N = 720)

NT

10 (1)

NA

1 (0.1)

NT

Spotted fever group (N = 720)

NT

132 (18)

NA

0

NT

Scrub typhus group (N = 360)

NT

63 (18)

NA

2 (1)

NT

Scrub typhus group (N = 360)

107 (30)

NT

NA

NT

NT

Coxiella burnetii (N = 360)

10 (3)

0

NA

0

NT

Leptospirosis (N = 720)

NT

NA

NA

NT

2 (0.3)

Chikungunya fever (N = 99)

10 (10)

NA

10 (10)

NT

NT

Bartonella infections (N = 720)

NT

NA

NA

NT

1 (0.1)

  1. NT = not tested, NA = not applicable
  2. * Values are n (%) unless otherwise indicated
  3. † ELISA for Chikungunya virus were screened for 99 patients
  4. ‡ IFAT to detect Coxiella were performed for patients with positive or equivocal ELISA results
  5. § PCR for scrub typhus and Coxiella were performed for 360 patients