Sero-epidemiological survey of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infection in a rural Thai village
| Autor: | Suvath Hanchalay, David E. Johnson, Chirapa Saengruchi, John W. Crum |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Orientia tsutsugamushi Adolescent Strain type Adult population Scrub typhus Sex Factors parasitic diseases Epidemiology medicine Humans Child biology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Antibody titer Age Factors Infant General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Thailand Virology Antibodies Bacterial Infectious Diseases Rickettsia Scrub Typhus Child Preschool Immunology biology.protein Parasitology Female Antibody |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 76(1) |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| Popis: | A sero-epidemiological survey of a rural Thai village demonstrated a 77% prevalence of antibody against Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in adults. Acquisition of antibody occurred very early in life, especially in females, but the prevalence of antibody in the adult population showed no statistically significant sexual distinction. Antibody against all three prototype strains was present in Thailand but antibody titres did not vary by strain type or the age of the individual. |
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