Volume 8, Number 6—June 2002
Research
Geographic Association of Rickettsia felis-Infected Opossums with Human Murine Typhus, Texas
Ardys Boostrom*, Magda S. Beier†, Jackie A. Macaluso†, Kevin R. Macaluso†, Daniel Sprenger*, Jack Hayes‡, Suzan Radulovic†, and Abdu F. Azad†
Table 1
Rickettsial seroprevalence in 149 opossums, Corpus Christi, Texas
| Female | Male | |
|---|---|---|
| Age |
Positive/total (%)a |
Positive/total (%)a |
| Juvenile |
7/31 (23) |
10/40 (25) |
| Adult |
15/45 (33) |
6/33 (18) |
| Total | 22/76 (29) | 16/73 (22) |
a Enzyme-linked immunoassay (Integrated Diagnostics, Inc., Baltimore, MD)
