Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population

Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population

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....

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2015-10, Vol.9 (10), p.DM01-DM02
Hauptverfasser: Sengupta, Mallika, Anandan, Shalini, Daniel, Dolly, Prakash, John Antony Jude
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
antibody
blood donor
elisa
Microbiology Section
orientia tsutsugamushi
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2015/14708.6623