Table 2. Rate of positive bacterial infections in 46 Apodemus agrarius rodents, as indicated by serological assays.
Name of positive sera | Seropositive | |
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IFA titer for O. tsutsugamushi a (% positive rate) | PHA for Leptospira species b (% positive rate) |
|
6–6 | 1:128 | – c |
6–7 | 1:64 | – |
7–4 | 1:16 | – |
7–13 | 1:16 | – |
7–17 | 1:16 | 1:160 |
7–18 | 1:32 | – |
8–7 | 1:256 | – |
8–9 | 1:64 | – |
No. of positive sera | 8 (17.4) | 1 (2.2) |
a Cutoff titer of immunofluorescence assay, immunoglobulin G ≥ 1:16,
b Cutoff for passive hemagglutination assay ≥ 1:80,
c–: negative.