First serologic evidence of human spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Korea.

نویسندگان

  • Won-Jong Jang
  • Jong-Hyun Kim
  • Yeon-Joo Choi
  • Kwang-Don Jung
  • Yang-Gyu Kim
  • Seung-Hyun Lee
  • Myung-Sik Choi
  • Ik-Sang Kim
  • David H Walker
  • Kyung-Hee Park
چکیده

To investigate the prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsioses in Korea, a serosurvey of Japanese spotted fever rickettsiosis in patients with acute febrile illness was conducted with an indirect immunofluorescence assay. Overall, 19.88% of the patients were found to have polyvalent antibody against Rickettsia japonica. This study is the first documentation of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Korea.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 42 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004