Serologic Evidence of <i>Orientia</i> Infection among Rural Population, Cauca Department, Colombia

Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.; Silva-Ramos, Carlos Ramiro; Blanton, Lucas S.; Arroyave, Esteban; Martínez-Diaz, Heidy-C; Betancourt-Ruiz, Paola; Hidalgo, Marylin; Walker, David H.

doi:10.3201/eid2902.221458

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“…In Colombia, no attempt to detect the bacterium or the exposition to it was made until 2022, when a study found seropositivity to Orientia spp., confirmed with Western blot, among inhabitants of four municipalities of Cauca department ( Table 2 ) ( Figure 1 J) [ 99 ], which should encourage to perform more studies to establish if Orientia is part of febrile illnesses in the region, and if so, determine which species are involved, as well as its possible implications for Colombian public health or whether further surveillance by local health systems is warranted.…”

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Etiologies of Zoonotic Tropical Febrile Illnesses That Are Not Part of the Notifiable Diseases in Colombia

Silva-Ramos,

Faccini-Martínez,

Serna-Rivera

et al. 2023

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In Colombia, tropical febrile illnesses represent one of the most important causes of clinical attention. Febrile illnesses in the tropics are mainly zoonotic and have a broad etiology. The Colombian surveillance system monitors some notifiable diseases. However, several etiologies are not monitored by this system. In the present review, we describe eleven different etiologies of zoonotic tropical febrile illnesses that are not monitored by the Colombian surveillance system but have scientific, historical, and contemporary data that confirm or suggest their presence in different regions of the country: Anaplasma, Arenavirus, Bartonella, relapsing fever group Borrelia, Coxiella burnetii, Ehrlichia, Hantavirus, Mayaro virus, Orientia, Oropouche virus, and Rickettsia. These could generate a risk for the local population, travelers, and immigrants, due to which they should be included in the mandatory notification system, considering their importance for Colombian public health.

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confidence: 99%