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ArticleVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)2019

Arthropod-Borne Bacteria Cause Nonmalarial Fever in Rural Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study in 394 Patients.

Jose M Ramos, Ramón Pérez-Tanoira, Inés Martín-Martín, Laura Prieto-Pérez, Abraham Tefasmariam, Gebre Tiziano, Raquel Escudero, Judit Gil-Zamorano, Horacio Gil-Gil, Miguel Górgolas and 1 more

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Article in Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jose M RamosDepartment of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, Ethiopia.
Ramón Pérez-TanoiraDepartment of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, Ethiopia.
Inés Martín-MartínDepartment of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, Ethiopia.
Laura Prieto-PérezDepartment of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, Ethiopia.
Abraham TefasmariamDepartment of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, Ethiopia.
Gebre TizianoDepartment of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, Ethiopia.
Raquel EscuderoLaboratory of Special Pathogens of the National Microbiology Center of Spain, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Judit Gil-ZamoranoLaboratory of Special Pathogens of the National Microbiology Center of Spain, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Horacio Gil-GilLaboratory of Special Pathogens of the National Microbiology Center of Spain, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Miguel GórgolasDepartment of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, Ethiopia.
Isabel JadoLaboratory of Special Pathogens of the National Microbiology Center of Spain, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Funding

Arthropod saliva in vector-borne disease transmission: Functional analysis of novel domains in salivary secretionsZIAAI001246 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI CALVO, ERIC · 2019 to 2025
$10.0M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial arthropod-borne pathogens are a common cause of fever in Africa, but their precise impact is unknown and usually underdiagnosed in the basic rural laboratories of low-resourced African countries. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of arthropod-borne bacterial diseases causing fever among malaria smear-negative patients in a rural hospital located in Ethiopia. The study population included patients aged 2 years or older; referred to Gambo Rural General Hospital (West Arsi, Ethiopia), between July and November 2013, for fever or report of fever in the previous 48 h; attending the outpatient department; and testing negative for malaria by Giemsa-stained thin blood smears. We extracted DNA from 394 whole blood samples, using reverse line blot assays of amplicons to look for bacteria from the genera:

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AdolescentAdultAgedAnaplasmaAnimalsBartonellaBorreliaChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesDNA, BacterialEhrlichiaEthiopiaFemaleFeverHumansDNA, BacterialBartonellaBorreliafeverFrancisellamalariaRickettsia

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PMID31184993
PMCPMC6939579

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