Serosurvey of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in HIV-infected patients

María Mercedes Nogueras; Immaculada Pons; Isabel Sanfeliu; Montserrat Sala; Ferran Segura

doi:10.1111/1348-0421.12138

Serosurvey of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in HIV-infected patients

María Mercedes Nogueras, Immaculada Pons, Isabel Sanfeliu, Montserrat Sala, Ferran Segura

Department of Genetics and Microbiology

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Consistent with the effects of HIV on cell-mediated immunity, an increased susceptibility to intracellular microorganisms has been observed. Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular microorganisms. The aim of this study was to examine Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis infections in HIV+ population. Sera of 341 HIV+ patients were evaluated by indirect immunofluorescent assay. Age, sex, residential locality, risk behavior, stage according to criteria of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CD4+/CD8+ T cells, Hepatitis B antigen, and Hepatitis C serology were surveyed. Seroprevalences of R. typhi and R. felis infection were 7.6% and 4.4%, respectively. No associations were found between seropositivities and the assessed variables. Findings were similar to those obtained in healthy subjects from the same region. © 2014 The Societies and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-259
Journal	Microbiology and Immunology
Volume	58
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1348-0421.12138
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus
Rickettsia felis
Rickettsia typhi

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Serosurvey of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in HIV-infected patients

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