Bacterial zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis, Q fever, melioidosis, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and brucellosis are increasingly recognized causes of non-malaria acute fevers. However, though readily treatable with antibiotics, these diseases are commonly misdiagnosed resulting in poor outcomes in patients. There is a considerable deficit in the understanding of basic aspects of the epidemiology of these neglected diseases and diagnostic tests for these zoonotic bacterial pathogens are not always available in resource-poor settings. Raising awareness about these emerging bacterial zoonoses is directly beneficial to the patients by allowing a test-and-treat approach and is essential to control these life-threatening diseases.
BT - The Yale journal of biology and medicine C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211354 DA - 06/2021 IS - 2 J2 - Yale J Biol Med LA - eng N2 -Bacterial zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis, Q fever, melioidosis, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and brucellosis are increasingly recognized causes of non-malaria acute fevers. However, though readily treatable with antibiotics, these diseases are commonly misdiagnosed resulting in poor outcomes in patients. There is a considerable deficit in the understanding of basic aspects of the epidemiology of these neglected diseases and diagnostic tests for these zoonotic bacterial pathogens are not always available in resource-poor settings. Raising awareness about these emerging bacterial zoonoses is directly beneficial to the patients by allowing a test-and-treat approach and is essential to control these life-threatening diseases.
PY - 2021 SP - 351 EP - 360 T2 - The Yale journal of biology and medicine TI - Ending the Neglect of Treatable Bacterial Zoonoses Responsible for Non-Malaria Fevers. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8223548/pdf/yjbm_94_2_351.pdf VL - 94 SN - 1551-4056 ER -