Rickettsiosis is the Leading Cause of Acute Undifferentiated Fever in Hoima, Uganda: A Prospective Health Facility-based Study
Background: Acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) accounts for much of the outpatient burden in sub-Saharan Africa, but patients negative for malaria rarely receive a specific diagnosis. Rickettsial infections (typhus & spotted fever) are leading causes of AUFI and respond to doxycycline; yet remain absent from...