| flinders island spotted fever: a newly recognised endemic focus of tick typhus in bass strait. part 2. serological investigations. | twenty-six cases of a spotted-fever-like illness have been identified on flinders island, tasmania, over a 17 year period. these patients and 335 healthy persons from the island were investigated serologically using the weil-felix agglutination test (proteus sp. antigens ox2, ox19, oxk) and rickettsia-specific microimmunofluorescence. the antigens used in these latter tests comprised one member of the typhus group (rickettsia typhi) and three members of the spotted fever group (rickettsia ricket ... | 1991 | 1898756 |
| serological prevalence study of exposure of cats and dogs in launceston, tasmania, australia to spotted fever group rickettsiae. | a sero-epidemiological study of cats and dogs in the launceston area of tasmania, australia was undertaken to determine the prevalence of antibodies to spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae. results showed that 59% of cats and 57% of dogs were positive for antibodies, but there was no correlation between the animal's health and seropositivity at the time of testing, suggesting that rickettsial exposure is unrelated to ill-health in these two species of domestic animals. | 2010 | 20148824 |