Volume 9, Number 4—April 2003
Dispatch
Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia
Table
Demographic, clinical and serologic data for patients with scrub typhus, Torres Strait islands, Queensland, Australia
Patient no. | Age (y)/sex | Date | Island | Eschar | Orientia tsutsugamushi antibody titera (d after onset) |
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0–7 | 8–14 | 15–21 | 22–28 | >29 | |||||
1 |
35/male |
Mar 2000 |
Darnley |
No |
8,192 |
8,192 |
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2 |
19/male |
May 2000 |
Murray |
Yes |
<64 |
4,096 |
4,096 |
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3 |
29/maleb |
Aug 2000 |
— |
No |
1,024 |
1,024 |
1,024 |
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4 |
28/female |
Jan 2001 |
Darnley |
Yes |
NR |
512 |
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5 |
9/male |
Jan 2001 |
Darnley |
No |
256 |
256 |
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6 |
14/female |
Jan 2001 |
Darnley |
No |
512 |
512 |
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7 |
36/male |
Jan 2001 |
Darnley |
Yes |
NR |
512 |
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8 |
19/male |
Jan 2001 |
Darnley |
No |
64c |
256 |
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9 |
5/male |
Feb 2001 |
Darnley |
Yes |
>1,024 |
>1,024 |
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10 | 30/maleb | Apr 2001 | — | Yes | NRc | 128 |
aSerologic tests were performed by using an immunofluorescent antibody method; NR, nonreactive.
bPatient visited several islands in 3 weeks before becoming ill.
cPolymerase chain reaction for scrub typhus positive (by using primers for 56-kDa antigen gene).