| rickettsia serosurvey in kimberley, western australia. | to determine if antibodies to rickettsiae (scrub typhus, spotted fever, and typhus group rickettsiae) occur among persons living in the kimberley (northern tropical) region of western australia, 920 sera collected in a non-random manner in 1996 from patients in kununurra, broome, fitzroy crossing, wyndham, derby, and halls creek were tested by micro-immunofluorescence for antibodies to a panel of rickettsial antigens. of 920 sera examined, 52 (5.6%) were positive for antibodies to one or more of ... | 1999 | 10344653 |
| a highly sensitive and specific real-time pcr assay for the detection of spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae. | a highly specific real-time polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay was developed to detect spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae using the citrate synthase gene as the target. the assay amplified rickettsial members of the spotted fever and typhus group including rickettsia akari, r. australis, r. conorii, r. honei, "r. marmionii," r. sibirica, r. rickettsii, r. typhi, and r. prowazekii. the ancestral group rickettsia, r. bellii, did not produce a positive reaction, nor did other members of ... | 2005 | 16354816 |