Prevalence of Bartonella quintana in patients with fever and head lice from rural areas of Sine-Saloum, Senegal

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug;91(2):291-3. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0685. Epub 2014 May 5.

Abstract

Trench fever is poorly known by the staff of health facilities that manage febrile patients in Senegal. Bartonella quintana DNA was identified in 5 of 274 (2%) febrile patients from two rural dispensaries and 2 of 71 (3%) head lice specimens collected from the same villages.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Bartonella quintana / genetics
  • Bartonella quintana / isolation & purification*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coinfection
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lice Infestations / epidemiology*
  • Lice Infestations / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pediculus / anatomy & histology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prevalence
  • Rural Population
  • Senegal / epidemiology
  • Trench Fever / epidemiology*
  • Trench Fever / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial