| seroprevalence of antibodies to rickettsia typhi in the waikato region of new zealand. | the first reported new zealand-acquired case of murine typhus occurred near auckland in 1989. since then, 72 locally acquired cases have been recorded from northern new zealand. by 2008, on the basis of the timing and distribution of cases, it appeared that murine typhus was escalating and spreading southwards. to explore the presence of rickettsia typhi in the waikato region, we conducted a seroprevalence study, using indirect immunofluorescence, western blot, and cross-adsorption assays of blo ... | 2016 | 27040715 |