Table 3 Characteristics of the study participants*
|  | Rickettsia†(N = 263) | Coxiella burnetii (N = 10) | Leptospira (N = 2) | Chikungunya (N = 10) | Bartonella (N = 1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Typhus group Rickettsia (N = 10) | Spotted fever group Rickettsia (N = 132) | Scrub typhus group Rickettsia (N = 170) | |||||
Median (interquartile range) 14(5,30) | 18(14,35) | 17.5 (7,30) | 30(12,45) | 21.5(14,36) | 24.5(7,42) | 14(10,35) | 9 |
Age category | |||||||
 0-10 years (318) | 2 (1) | 50 (16) | 39 (12) | 2 (1) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1) | 1 (0.3) |
 11-20 years (121) | 4 (3) | 24 (20) | 24 (20) | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 |
 21-30 years (117) | 1 (1) | 26 (22) | 28 (24) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 31-40 years (62) | 2 (3) | 17 (27) | 30 (48) | 2 (3) | 0 | 4 (6) | 0 |
  > 40 years (102) | 1 (1) | 15 (15) | 49 (48) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 |
Below 5Â years (176) | 1 (1) | 28 (16) | 13 (7) | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
Below 18Â years (392) | 4 (1) | 66 (17) | 55 (14) | 4 (1) | 1 (0.3) | 6 (2) | 1 (0.3) |
Male (452) | 7 (2) | 76 (17) | 90 (20) | 6 (1) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (1) | 1 (0.2) |
Inpatient medicine (232) | 5 (2) | 29 (13) | 72 (31) | 7 (3) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (1) | 0 |
Inpatient paediatrics (230) | 1 (0.4) | 32 (14) | 34 (15) | 2 (1) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (2) | 0 |
Wealth index‡ [N = 557]§ | (N = 5) | (N = 94) | (N = 130) | (N = 8) | (N = 1) | (N = 6) | (N = 1) |
Lowest (110) | 1 (1) | 18 (16) | 32 (29) | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Second (110) | 0 | 22 (20) | 37 (34) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 0 |
Middle (106) | 0 | 17 (16) | 18 (17) | 2 (2) | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) |
Fourth (114) | 1 (1) | 18 (16) | 24 (21) | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Highest (117) | 3 (3) | 19 (16) | 19 (16) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |