Table 3.
Positive rickettsial serology in three persons living in a region of NSW endemic for the tick Ixodes holocyclus.
| Participant Number | Antibody Titres to Rickettsial Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotted Fever Group (e.g., Rickettsia australis) | Typhus Group (e.g., Rickettsia typhi) | Scrub Typhus Group (e.g., Orientia tsutsugamushi) | |
| 2 | 128 | − | − |
| 12 | 128 | 128 | − |
| 14 | 256 | − | − |
| Positives | 3/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 |
−: not detected.