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Volume 23, Number 8—August 2017
Research Letter

Scrub Typhus Outbreak in a Remote Primary School, Bhutan, 2014

Tshokey TshokeyComments to Author , Stephen Graves, Dorji Tshering, Kelzang Phuntsho, Karchung Tshering, and John Stenos

Author affiliations: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan (T. Tshokey); University of Newcastle, Australia (T. Tshokey, S. Graves); Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory (T. Tshokey, S. Graves, J. Stenos); Bajo Hospital, Wangduephodrang, Bhutan (D. Tshering); Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu (K. Phuntsho, K. Tshering)

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Table

Antibody titers by indirect microimmunofluorescence assay of 9 students with diagnosis of scrub typhus, Bhutan, 2014*

Patient ID
Age, y/sex
Orientia tsutsugamushi O. chuto
Gilliam
Karp
Kato
IgG
IgM
IgG
IgM
IgG
IgM
IgG
IgM
2 6/M 256 512 256 512 256 128 <128 128
3 9/F 8,192 8,192 8,192 8,192 8,192 8,192 4,096 4,096
4 6/M 512 128 512 256 512 128 128 128
5 10/F 1,024 128 1,024 128 1,024 128 512 128
6 13/M 1,024 256 512 128 256 128 256 128
7 15/M 1,024 128 512 128 512 128 <128 <128
9 7/F 2,048 4,096 2,048 4,096 2,048 2,048 <128 <128
11 10/F 1,024 512 1,024 512 1,024 512 256 256
12 14/F 128 1,024 256 512 128 512 256 256

*ID, identification.

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