Volume 19, Number 6—June 2013
Letter
Murine Typhus in Humans, Yucatan, Mexico
Karla Dzul-Rosado, Pedro González-Martínez, Gaspar Peniche-Lara, Jorge Zavala-Velázquez, and Jorge Zavala-Castro
| Patient age, y/sex | Days after illness onset | Immunofluorescence assay |
Rickettsia species* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. typhi |
R. rickettsii |
PCR/sequence test |
||||||||
| IgM | IgG | IgM | IgG | 17 kDa | gltA | |||||
| 45/F | 8 | 256 | 128 | Neg | 128 | Pos | Pos | R. typhi | ||
| 12 | 128 | 128 | Neg | 64 | Pos | Pos | R. typhi | |||
| 16 |
64 |
128 |
Neg |
64 |
Neg |
Neg |
ND |
|||
| 12/M | 8 | 128 | 128 | Neg | 64 | Pos | Pos | R. typhi | ||
*Identified species showed 99% identity with R. typhi Wilmington strain 17-kDa antigen gene (GenBank accession no. AE017197.1) and 100% identity with R. typhi Wilmington strain gltA gene (GenBank accession no. AE017197.1). ND, species not determined.
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