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Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016
Dispatch

Seroconversions for Coxiella and Rickettsial Pathogens among US Marines Deployed to Afghanistan, 2001–2010

Christina M. FarrisComments to Author , Nhien Pho, Todd E. Myers, and Allen L. Richards
Author affiliations: US Naval Medical Research Unit 2, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (C.M. Farris); Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (C.M. Farris, T.E. Myers, A.L. Richards); Uniformed Services University of Health Science, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (N. Pho)

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Table

Prevalence of antibodies against 4 rickettsial pathogens in samples from US Marines deployed to Afghanistan during 2001–2010

Pathogen Total no. samples tested No. (%)
Predeployment samples with detectable antibody Postdeployment samples showing seroconversion Total samples with detectable antibody
Coxiella burnetii 879 87 (9.9) 30 (3.4) 117 (13.3)
Spotted fever group Rickettsia 1,000 18 (1.8) 5 (0.5) 23 (2.3)
Typhus group Rickettsia 1,000 0 0 0
Orientia tsutsugamushi 3,654 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)

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