Serologic Evidence of Orientia Infection among Rural Population, Cauca Department, Colombia.

Authors :: Faccini-Martínez ÁA
Silva-Ramos CR
Blanton LS
Arroyave E
Martínez-Diaz HC
Betancourt-Ruiz P
Hidalgo M
Walker DH
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2023 Feb; Vol. 29 (2), pp. 456-459.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: We assessed serum samples collected in Cauca Department, Colombia, from 486 persons for Orientia seroreactivity. Overall, 13.8% showed reactive IgG by indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay and ELISA. Of those samples, 30% (20/67) were confirmed to be positive by Western blot, showing >1 reactive band to Orientia 56-kD or 47-kD antigens.

Subjects :: Humans
Colombia epidemiology
Rural Population
Sensitivity and Specificity
Immunoglobulin M
Antibodies, Bacterial
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Orientia
Scrub Typhus epidemiology
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Rickettsia Infections

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