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Serosurveillance of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi in Bangladesh.
[scrub typhus]
Scrub
and
murine
typhus
infections
are
under-diagnosed
causes
of
febrile
illness
across
the
tropics
,
and
it
is
not
known
how
common
they
are
in
Bangladesh
.
We
conducted
a
prospective
seroepidemiologic
survey
across
six
major
teaching
hospitals
in
Bangladesh
by
using
an
IgM
enzyme-linked
immunosorbent
assay
.
Results
indicated
recent
exposure
(
287
of
1
,
209
,
23
.
7
%
seropositive
for
Orientia
tsutsugamushi
and
805
of
1
,
209
,
66
.
6
%
seropositive
for
Rickettsia
typhi
)
.
Seropositive
rates
were
different
in
each
region
.
However
,
there
was
no
geographic
clustering
of
seropositive
results
for
both
organisms
.
There
was
no
difference
between
those
from
rural
or
urban
areas
.
Rickettsia
typhi
seroreactivity
was
positively
correlated
with
age
.
Scrub
typhus
and
murine
typhus
should
be
considered
as
possible
causes
of
infection
in
Bangladesh
.