First serologic evidence of human spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Korea.
To investigate the prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsioses in Korea, a serosurvey of Japanese spotted fever rickettsiosis in patients with acute febrile illness was conducted with an indirect immunofluorescence assay. Overall, 19.88% of the patients were found to have polyvalent antibody against Rickettsia japonica. This study is the first documentation of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Korea.
Jang
Won-Jong
WJ
Department of Microbiology, Kon-Kuk University College of Medicine, Choongju-si, Choongbuk 380-701, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Jong-Hyun
JH
Choi
Yeon-Joo
YJ
Jung
Kwang-Don
KD
Kim
Yang-Gyu
YG
Lee
Seung-Hyun
SH
Choi
Myung-Sik
MS
Kim
Ik-Sang
IS
Walker
David H
DH
Park
Kyung-Hee
KH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000276:immunology; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial