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46135

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
Detailed serologic characterization of 79 isolates of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi from Pakistan was performed by using complement fixation and direct immunofluorescence techniques for comparison with three prototype strains. Seventy-one were of the Karp serotype and one was of a Gilliam serotype. Seven isolates were multiply-reactive: one with Karp and Gilliam, 3 with Karp and Kato, and 3 with Karp, Gilliam and Kato, No strain failed to react with at least 1 of the 3 prototype antisera. No correlation of antigenic types with local geographic factors, animal hosts, vecotr mites, or specific strain virulence was observed. These findings suggest the possibility that antigenic heterogeneity may be more restricted in areas peripheral to the geographic epicenter of scrub typhus endemicity, that the serotypes are relatively stable genetically and that new geographic variants are probably infrequent. The importance of these findings to the practical problems of immunoprophylaxis and serodiagnosis are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Serologic classification of scrub typhus isolates from Pakistan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study