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- Title
©SEROLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF <em>RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI</em> ISOLATES FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND∗.
- Authors
Shirai, A.; Campbell, R. W.; Gan, E.; Chan, T. C.; Huxsoll, D. L.
- Abstract
The article reports that fifty-two Rickettsia tsutsugamushi isolates from humans, rodents and chiggers in North Queensland were serologically characterized by the direct immunofluorescence test. A majority (71%) of the isolates was a mixture of two or more strains. The characterization of the scrub typhus rickettsiae was made by direct immunofluorescence, using antisera to the 8 prototype strains of R. tsutsugamushi. Reactions with 2 or more R. tsutsugamushi strains were observed in 37 of 52 isolates. However, whether these multiple antigenic combinations comprise a mixture of organisms or a single organism with a mosaic of antigenic determinants is unknown.
- Subjects
NORTH Queensland (Qld.); QUEENSLAND; RICKETTSIA tsutsugamushi; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNE serums
- Publication
Australian Journal of Experimental Biology & Medical Science, 1982, Vol 60, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
0004-945X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/icb.1982.22