<i>Coxiella burnetii</i> and <i>Bartonella</i> species serology of febrile patients with an established infectious or inflammatory diagnosis in Sudan, Nepal, and Cambodia.

ABSTRACT: Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella species cause febrile illness and infective endocarditis in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study investigated whether seropositivity to C. burnetii or Bartonella could be detected among patients with persistent fever for which an infectious or inflammatory etiological diagnosis had been previously established in three LMICs. Our study tested sera from Cambodian, Nepalese, and Sudanese participants using indirect immunofluorescent antibody assays (IFA) for C. burnetii and Bartonella. Seropositivity rates for both pathogens were assessed across tropical and inflammatory etiologies of fever and compared to ubiquitous bacterial infections considered as a "reference group," as they were not expected to ca

SUBMITTER: Boodman C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12584713 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature