Title
Serologic evidence of scrub typhus in the peruvian Amazon
Date Issued
01 August 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Kocher C.
Jiang J.
Morrison A.
Halsey E.
Bausch D.
Richards A.
Naval Medical Research Unit South
Naval Medical Research Unit South
Naval Medical Research Unit South
Naval Medical Research Unit South
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Abstract
Using a large, passive, febrile surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we retrospectively tested human blood specimens for scrub typhus group orientiae by ELISA, immu-nofluorescence assay, and PCR. Of 1,124 participants, 60 (5.3%) were seropositive, and 1 showed evidence of recent active infection. Our serologic data indicate that scrub typhus is present in the Peruvian Amazon.
Start page
1389
End page
1391
Volume
23
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85025089530
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806040
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus