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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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9e3609d65c245d58d17d1da848dd5002022-12-22T00:43:18ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-10-01910DM01DM0210.7860/JCDR/2015/14708.6623Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian PopulationMallika Sengupta0Shalini Anandan1Dolly Daniel2John Antony Jude Prakash3Post Graduate Registrar, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.Professor, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.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.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6623/14708_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(EKAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfantibodyblood donorelisaorientia tsutsugamushi |
| spellingShingle | Mallika Sengupta Shalini Anandan Dolly Daniel John Antony Jude Prakash Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research antibody blood donor elisa orientia tsutsugamushi |
| title | Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population |
| title_full | Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population |
| title_fullStr | Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population |
| title_short | Scrub Typhus Seroprevalence in Healthy Indian Population |
| title_sort | scrub typhus seroprevalence in healthy indian population |
| topic | antibody blood donor elisa orientia tsutsugamushi |
| url | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6623/14708_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(EKAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
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