| prevalence of antibodies to rickettsiae in the human population of suburban bangkok. | following a report of three cases of scrub typhus in suburban bangkok, we performed a serosurvey in the patients' communities. both igg and igm antibodies were measured in an indirect immunoperoxidase assay, using separate spots of antigen from rickettsia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus), r. typhi (murine typhus), and tt-118 spotted fever group rickettsiae. of 215 people donating blood, antibody levels indicative of most recent exposure to r. tsutsugamushi were most prevalent (21%), followed by r. t ... | 1994 | 8074248 |
| description of the first reported human case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in urban bangkok. | described herein is the clinical presentation of a patient from bangkok, with fever, petechial rash, history of a tick bite, and a diagnosis of spotted fever rickettsiosis. | 2007 | 17984348 |