Volume 13, Number 4—April 2007
Research
Flinders Island Spotted Fever Rickettsioses Caused by “marmionii” Strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia
Table 1
1st serum sample | 2nd serum sample | Microbial detection of FISF agent by | |||||||||
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Case |
Location |
Day after disease onset |
SFG titer |
TG titer |
Day after disease onset |
SFG titer |
TG titer |
Seropositivity |
Seroconversion |
PCR |
Culture |
1 | Port Wilunga; SA | 14 | 128 | <128 | 190 | 256 | <128 | + | – | + | + |
2 | Darnley Is; QLD | 8 | 256 | <128 | 186 | 512 | <128 | + | – | + | + |
3 | Darnley Is; QLD | 3 | <128 | <128 | 179 | <128 | <128 | – | – | + | + |
4 | Yam Is; QLD | 5 | <128 | <128 | 515 | <128 | <128 | – | – | + | + |
5 | Innisfail; QLD | 7 | <128 | <128 | 17 | 4,096 | 2,048 | + | + | + | + |
6 | Launceston, TAS | 34 | 256 | 128 | 60 | 256 | 128 | + | – | +† | – |
7 | Iron Range; QLD | 5 | <128 | <128 | 18 | 1,024 | <128 | + | + | +‡ | ND |
*FISF, Flinders Island spotted fever; SFG, spotted fever group; TG, typhus group; SA, Is, island; South Australia; QLD, Queensland, TAS, Tasmania; ND: Not done.
†PCR positive at both 34 and 60 d after disease onset.
‡Performed on serum and real-time PCR positive only.
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