PREVALENCE OF SCRUB TYPHUS ANTIBODIES IN RESIDENTS OF WEST MALAYSIA

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 28  (4) , 303-308
Abstract
Based on the prevalence of antibody, an estimated 3% of the population of rural Malaysia is infected with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi each year, resulting in positive antibody rates in focal areas of 6-69%. Most of these infections do not appear to produce clinical scrub typhus. A wide range of seropositivity rates was found in areas otherwise resembling each other in predominant occupation, terrain and nearby habitat. The prevalence rates were significantly higher in people who worker in forested areas and significantly lower in people with urban occupations.

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