Background Acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) is caused by a multitude of diverse
pathogens, with significant morbidity and mortality in the developing world. The objective of …

Due to the progressive spread of the dengue virus and a rising incidence of dengue
disease, its rapid diagnosis is important for developing countries and of increasing …

Definitive diagnosis of leptospirosis has traditionally depended upon the isolation of
leptospires from clinical specimens or the demonstration of seroconversion in paired acute …

Leptospirosis is an emerging zoonosis caused by pathogenic spirochetes belonging to the
genus Leptospira. An understanding of leptospiral protein expression regulation is needed …

There is an urgent need for development of new serodiagnostic strategies for leptospirosis,
an emerging zoonosis with worldwide distribution. We have evaluated the diagnostic utility …

We conducted a longitudinal observational study of 533 patients presenting to two hospitals
in the Ecuadorean Amazon basin with acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) from 2001 …

We collected acute-phase serum samples from febrile patients at 2 major hospitals in
Dhaka, Bangladesh, during an outbreak of dengue fever in 2001. A total of 18% of dengue …

Background. Dengue, although endemic in Puerto Rico, is often not mentioned in the death
certificates of decedents with laboratory results positive for dengue. Because confirmatory …

A cross-sectional study was conducted in Mapastepec, a rural community of the southern
state of Chiapas, Mexico. The overall prevalence of leptospirosis infection in 1169 subjects …

Background: Leptospirosis is relatively uncommon in children. Following torrential rains and
flooding an outbreak of leptospirosis was suspected in Mumbai. Aims: To investigate the …