Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023
Research Letter
Serologic Evidence of Orientia Infection among Rural Population, Cauca Department, Colombia
Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos, Lucas S. Blanton, Esteban Arroyave, Heidy-C. Martínez-Diaz, Paola Betancourt-Ruiz, Marylin Hidalgo, and David H. Walker
Table
Orientia seropositivity in rural populations of Cauca Department, by testing method, Colombia, 2017*
| Municipalities and rural localities |
No. samples |
No. (%) Orientia IgG positive samples |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFA |
ELISA |
Western blot† |
||
| Caloto | 48 | 5 (10.4) | 2 (4.2) | 6 (100)‡ |
| El Credo | 35 | 4 (11.4) | 1 (2.9) | 4 (100)‡ |
| Huellas |
13 |
1 (1.7) |
1 (1.7) |
2 (100) |
| El Tambo | 262 | 0 | 45 (17.2) | 11 (24.4) |
| Betania | 46 | 0 | 3 (6.5) | 2 (66.7) |
| Placer | 88 | 0 | 14 (15.9) | 6 (42.9) |
| Zarzal |
128 |
0 |
28 (21.9) |
3 (7) |
| La Sierra | 30 | 0 | 5 (16.7) | 1 (20) |
| Juan Castaña |
30 |
0 |
5 (16.7) |
1 (20) |
| Santander de Quilichao | 146 | 1 (0.7) | 10 (6.8) | 2 (18.2) |
| Lomitas Arriba | 65 | 0 | 6 (9.2) | 0 |
| Lomitas Ajabo |
81 |
1 (1.2) |
4 (4.9) |
2 (40) |
| Total | 486 | 6 (1.2) | 62 (12.8) | 20 (29.9)‡ |
*IFA, indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay. †Denominators are IFA-positive or ELISA-positive samples. ‡One sample was positive by both IFA and ELISA.
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