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. 2019 Aug 16;14(8):e0215526. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215526

Table 2. Rate of positive bacterial infections in 46 Apodemus agrarius rodents, as indicated by serological assays.

Name of positive sera Seropositive
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.