Table 2. Serological results from all human Pacific Coast tick fever case patients, California, 2008–2014.
Case* | Onset | Jurisdiction | Age (years) | SFG PCR Result (day collected post onset) | #Days serum collected post onset | Serology Results‡ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R rickettsii IgG | R typhi IgG | ||||||
1 | July 2008 | Lake Co. | 80 | R. philipii (13)† | 6 | ND | NT |
27 | 1:2048 | NT | |||||
2 | July 2011 | Lake Co. | 6 | R. philipii (6)† | 3 | ND | ND |
7 | ND | ND | |||||
3 | July 2011 | Lake Co. | 17 | R. philipii (4)† | 4 | ND | ND |
4 | Aug 2011 | Contra Costa Co. | 11 | R. philipii (5)† | 3 | ND | ND |
5 | Aug 2011 | Lake Co. | 5 | R. philipii (5)† | 6 | ND | ND |
>30 | 1:128 | ND | |||||
6 | Sept 2011 | Santa Clara Co. | 52 | R. philipii (14)† | 18 | >1:1024 | 1:128 |
>30 | 1:256 | NT | |||||
7 | July 2012 | Orange Co. | 14 | R. philipii (9)†# | 7 | >1:128 | ND |
8 | Aug 2012 | Contra Costa Co. | 12 | R. philipii (11)† | 11 | >1:256 | 1:64 |
9 | Aug 2012 | Monterey Co. | 10 | R. phillipii (13)†# | 13 | ND | ND |
>30 | >1:1024 | NT | |||||
10 | Aug 2012 | Contra Costa Co. | 3 | R. philipii (9)#§ | 8 | ND | ND |
18 | >1:256 | ND | |||||
11 | Aug 2013 | SF Co./Lake Co. | 60 | R. philipii (7)# | 7 | ND | ND |
19 | >1:1024 | ND | |||||
12 | Aug 2013 | SF Co./Lake Co. | 62 | R. philipii (7)# | 7 | ND | ND |
19 | >1:1024 | 1:128 | |||||
13 | Aug 2013 | Monterey Co. | 57 | R. philipii (7)#§ | 11 | 1:1000 | 1:100 |
>30 | 1:10000 | 1:100 | |||||
14 | May 2014 | Lake Co. | 74 | R. philipii (19)†# | 19 | ND | NT |
* Cases 1–4 reported previously. Shapiro et al, 2010, Johnston et al, 2013. Cases 1–3 & 8 were confirmed at CDC.
† eschar,
# swab,
§ scab
‡ ND Not Detected (Titer < 1:64); NT Not Tested