Serologic Evidence of Orientia Infection among Rural Population, Cauca Department, Colombia

We assessed serum samples collected in Cauca Department, Colombia, from 486 persons for Orientia seroreactivity. Overall, 13.8% showed reactive IgG by indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay and ELISA. Of those samples, 30% (20/67) were confirmed to be positive by Western blot, showing >1 reac...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2023-02, Vol.29 (2), p.456-459
Main Authors: Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A, Silva-Ramos, Carlos Ramiro, Blanton, Lucas S, Arroyave, Esteban, Martínez-Diaz, Heidy-C, Betancourt-Ruiz, Paola, Hidalgo, Marylin, Walker, David H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies, Bacterial
Antigens
Armed forces
bacteria
Causes of
Colombia - epidemiology
Diagnosis
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Health aspects
Humans
Immunoglobulin M
Infection among Rural Population, Cauca Department, Colombia
Military personnel
Orientia
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Research Letter
Rickettsia Infections
Rickettsial diseases
Rural Population
scrub typhus
Scrub Typhus - epidemiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
serologic evidence
Serologic Evidence of
seroprevalence
Statistics
Typhus
Zoonoses
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Summary:We assessed serum samples collected in Cauca Department, Colombia, from 486 persons for Orientia seroreactivity. Overall, 13.8% showed reactive IgG by indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay and ELISA. Of those samples, 30% (20/67) were confirmed to be positive by Western blot, showing >1 reactive band to Orientia 56-kD or 47-kD antigens.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2902.221458