Serologic Evidence of Scrub Typhus in the Peruvian Amazon

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kocher, Claudine ; Jiang, Ju ; Morrison, Amy C. ; Castillo, Roger ; Leguia, Mariana ; Loyola, Steev ; Ampuero, Julia S. ; Cespedes, Manuel ; Halsey, Eric S. ; Bausch, Daniel G. ; Richards, Allen L.
• Description:
  Using a large, passive, febrile surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we retrospectively tested human blood specimens for scrub typhus group orientiae by ELISA, immunofluorescence assay, and PCR. Of 1,124 participants, 60 (5.3%) were seropositive, and 1 showed evidence of recent active infection. Our serologic data indicate that scrub typhus is present in the Peruvian Amazon.
• Subjects:
  Population Surveillance Retrospective Studies Scrub Typhus Seroepidemiologic Studies
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(8):1389-1391.
• Pubmed ID:
  28726619
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5547797
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Peru
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8107383159d0079a3735a7111220fe3722c485e037f6010bf86ec3e64a21981b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47401/cdc_47401_DS1.pdf
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