title: [Seroepidemiological investigations on the prevalence of rickettsial antibodies in man in the Federal Republic of Germany (author's transl)].
abstract: 1,600 random serum samples from inhabitants of Hesse were investigated for rickettsial antibodies by complement fixation test. Antibodies were found in 19 samples (1,2%) against RMSF-group antigen with titers between 1:10 and 1:640. These results confirm recent reports on natural foci of such rickettsial infections in the Federal Republic of Germany. Antibodies against rickettsia of the Typhus-group or Coxiella burnetii could not be detected by the complement fixation reaction. None of the sera reacted with significant titer in the Weil-Felix-Test.
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D011511:Proteus / Q000276:immunology; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000276:immunology*; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Seroepidemiologische Untersuchungen zum Vorkommen von Antikörpern gegen Rickettsien beim Menschen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.