Rickettsial infection in five remote Orang Ulu villages in upper Rejang River, Sarawak, Malaysia.
People in 5 Orang Ulu villages in Sarawak, Malaysia were tested for rickettsial infection by Weil-Felix reaction and by indirect immunoperoxidase reaction. Of those surveyed 9.6% were positive for typhus. Of the positives, 3.8% were positive for tick typhus (7/11), scrub typhus (4/11) or endemic typhus (1/11). The incidence of typhus was higher among semi-nomadic Penans compared with the settled Kayans.
Sagin
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan. dsagin@fhs.unimas.my
Ismail
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Nasian
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Jok
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Pang
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012423:Rural Health; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*