SEROLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI ISOLATES FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND*

1 April 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Immunology & Cell Biology

Vol. 60 (2) , 203-205
https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1982.22

Abstract

Fifty-two Rickettsia tsutsugamushi isolates from humans, rodents and chiggers in North Queensland were serologically characterized by the direct immunofluorescence test. A majority (71%) of the isolates was a mixture of two or more strains. The most frequently detected strains in the 52 isolates were TA716 (94%), TA763 (42%), TA686 (33%), and Karp (31%). The Gilliam strain was detected in only 4% of the isolates.

Keywords

IMMUNOLOGY
CELL BIOLOGY
IMMUNITY
IMMUNE RESPONSE
T-CELLS
B-CELLS
ALLERGY
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
NATURE JOURNALS
AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOLOGY
TUMOUR IMMUNOLOGY

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ANTIGENIC ANALYSIS BY DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE OF 114 ISOLATES OF RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI RECOVERED FROM FEBRILE PATIENTS IN RURAL MALAYSIA
Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology, 1979