| short report: prevalence of antibodies against spotted fever, murine typhus, and q fever rickettsiae in humans living in zambia. | the causative agents of rickettsial diseases (rickettsia conorii, r. typhi, and coxiella burnetii) have been reported throughout the african continent. however, there have been no reports on epidemiologic surveys of these infections in zambia. this study was designed to clarify the prevalence of three rickettsioses in 377 humans in zambia. the seroprevalence of antibodies against r. conorii, r. typhi, and c. burnetii was 16.7%, 5.0%, and 8.2%, respectively. the rates of antibody positivity again ... | 1999 | 10432059 |