Seroprevalence of typhus group and spotted fever group Rickettsia exposures on Reunion island

Seroprevalence of typhus group and spotted fever group Rickettsia exposures on Reunion island

Abstract Objective Murine typhus has been increasingly reported on Reunion island, Indian ocean, following documentation of eight autochthonous infections in 2012–2013. We conducted a serosurvey to assess the magnitude of the seroprevalence of rickettsioses in the population. Two hundred and forty-o...

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Main Authors: Patrick Gérardin, Naël Zemali, Marie Bactora, Guillaume Camuset, Elsa Balleydier, Hervé Pascalis, Vanina Guernier, Corinne Mussard, Antoine Bertolotti, Yatrika Koumar, Florence Naze, Sandrine Picot, Laurent Filleul, Frédéric Pages, Pablo Tortosa, Julien Jaubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Serology
Immunofluorescence
Seroepidemiologic study
Serosurvey
Stored frozen serum
Murine typhus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4416-8

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