Serologic Evidence of Scrub Typhus in the Peruvian Amazon.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 23(8): 1389-1391, 2017 08.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28726619
ABSTRACT
Using a large, passive, febrile surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we retrospectively tested human blood specimens for scrub typhus group orientiae by ELISA, immunofluorescence 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.
Key words
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Scrub Typhus
Type of study:
Observational_studies
/
Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Peru
Language:
En
Journal:
Emerg Infect Dis
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
