title: Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population.
abstract: Scrub typhus, a zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an important cause of acute febrile illness in India. This preliminary study determines the seroprevalence of scrub typhus in healthy Indian adults by measuring IgM and IgG antibodies to scrub typhus by ELISA in 100 healthy blood donors. Our study demonstrates a 15% seroprevalence of scrub typhus in adults. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings especially in children.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Registrar, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: Mallika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: Shalini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anandan
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: Dolly
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: John Antony Jude
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Prakash
keywords: Antibody; Blood donor; ELISA; Orientia tsutsugamushi