title: First serologic evidence of human spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Korea.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kon-Kuk University College of Medicine, Choongju-si, Choongbuk 380-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Jong
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jong-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeon-Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kwang-Don
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Yang-Gyu
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myung-Sik
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ik-Sang
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial