title: [Primary surveillance of spotted fever group antibodies on rats in the Kinmen area].
abstract: The positive rate of rickettsial antibodies of 107 rats in the Kinmen area by indirect immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) technique was 0% (0/107) in typhus fever, 38.3% (41/107) in scrub typhus and 66.4% (71/107) in spotted fever group; the positive rate (42.9%) of spotted fever group of 21 rats in Taiwan island also higher than scrub typhus (19.0). It suggests that spotted fever group patients may be present in our country but have not been discovered.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Preventive Medicine, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Horng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology*; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000276:immunology*; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial