High Seroprevalence Against Typhus Group and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Rural Indigenous Populations of Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Dennis, Tappe, Yvonne, Gross, Romano, Ngui, Jessica, Rauch, Sun, Tee Tay, Yvonne Ai, Lian Lim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mary Ann Libert, Inc. 2019
• Subjects: RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42134/1/High%20Serop.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42134/; https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/vbz.2018.2391; https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2018.2391
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Rickettsioses of the typhus group (TG) and spotted fever group (SFG) are emerging bacterial infections worldwide, especially in the tropics. Only a few studies on these pathogens and their respective clinical diseases have been conducted in Malaysia. Here, we performed a seroprevalence study among...