Seroprevalence of typhus group rickettsial infections in the north-east region of India

Indian J Med Res. 2019 Aug;150(2):203-205. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_332_19.

Authors

Siraj Ahmed Khan¹, Trishna Bora¹, Jahnabi Saikia¹, Anisha Shah¹, Allen L Richards², Suchismita Chattopadhyay², Sanjeeb Kakati³, Manju Rahi⁴, Harpreet Kaur⁴

Affiliations

¹ Medical Entomology, Arbovirology & Rickettsial Diseases Division, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh 786 002, Assam, India.
² Naval Medical Research Centre, Rickettsial Disease Research Unit, Maryland 20910-7500, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh 786 002, Assam, India.
⁴ Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110 029, India.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
India / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Orientia tsutsugamushi / isolation & purification
Orientia tsutsugamushi / pathogenicity
Rickettsia Infections / blood*
Rickettsia Infections / immunology
Rickettsia Infections / microbiology
Scrub Typhus / blood*
Scrub Typhus / immunology
Scrub Typhus / microbiology
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / blood*
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / immunology
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / microbiology
Young Adult

Substances

Immunoglobulin G