Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Letter
Spring Scrub Typhus, People’s Republic of China
Min Cao*, Hengbin Guo*, Tang Tang†, Changjun Wang*, Xianfu Li*, Xiuzhen Pan*, and Jiaqi Tang*
Table
Clinical manifestations of spring scrub typhus, 2000–2005, Pingtan Island, People's Republic of China
| Characteristic | No. patients (%) |
|---|---|
| Male | 24 (86) |
| Female | 4 (14) |
| Symptom | |
| Fever | 28 (100) |
| Eschar | 25 (89.2) |
| Node | 28 (100) |
| Rash | 25 (89) |
| Cough | 19 (68) |
| Headache | 13 (46) |
| Chill | 15 (53) |
| Fatigue | 16 (57) |
| Myalgia | 10 (35) |
| Vomiting | 8 (29) |
| Serologic titer | |
| IgG titer of IFA,* median (range) | 1,280 (320–2,560) |
| Age, y | |
| Median (range) | 21.5 (7–59) |
*IFA, indirect immunofluorescence assay; IgG, immunoglobulin G.
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