A Serological Study of 37 Cases of Tsutsugamushi Disease (Scrub Typhus) Occurring in Burma and the Philippine Islands
- 1 January 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Public Health Reports®
- Vol. 61 (24) , 887-894
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4585717
Abstract
A serological study by complement fixation, of 37 cases of tsutsugamushi disease occurring in. Burma and the Philippine Is. revealed a variety of antigenic responses to the 3 strains of tsutsugamushi used in the tests, namely the Gilliam, Karp, and Seerengayee strains. Certain cases were predominantly of the Gilliam type, others of the Karp or Seer-angayee type, and the serums of a number of cases responded equally well to all 3 types. Cross fixation occurred in practically all cases. The results obtained as a whole do not indicate any clear differentiation of serological types. The Karp and Gilliam strains appear sufficiently distinctive, however, to warrant the use of these 2 in the testing of serums from cases of suspected tsutsugamushi illness. Weil-Felix titers with OXK antigen were much lower than complements-fixing titers with rickettsial antigens and persisted for a shorter time.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Apparent Serological Heterogeneity among Strains of Tsutsugamushi Disease (Scrub Typhus)Public Health Reports®, 1945