TABLE 3.
Numbers of human serum samples with IgM and IgG antibodies to E. equi and B. burgdorferi
| Study groupa |
E. equi
|
B. burgdorferi
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgM
|
IgG
|
IgM
|
IgG
|
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| Total no. of serum samples tested | No. (%) positive | Total no. of serum samples tested | No. (%) positive | Total no. of serum samples tested | No. (%) positive | Total no. of serum samples tested | No. (%) positive | |
| A | 80 | 0 | 80 | 2 (3) | 24 | 16 (67) | 24 | 18 (75) |
| B | 100 | 0 | 101 | 11 (11) | 39 | 32 (82) | 39 | 24 (62) |
| C | 250 | 3 (1) | 252 | 18 (7) | 71 | 48 (68) | 71 | 41 (58) |
a
Study groups: A, patients with leukopenia; B, patients with thrombocytopenia; and C, patients with leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Note that class-specific antibodies to E. equi and whole B. burgdorferi cells were detected by IFA staining methods and ELISAs, respectively. Persons were suspected of having granulocytic ehrlichiosis and not Lyme borreliosis.