Murine typhus and febrile illness, Nepal.
Zimmerman MD., Murdoch DR., Rozmajzl PJ., Basnyat B., Woods CW., Richards AL., Belbase RH., Hammer DA., Anderson TP., Reller LB.
Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from those with blood culture-positive enteric fever.