TABLE 1.
Patient sera reacting with E. chaffeensis antigen by IFA and with recombinant ehrlichial proteins by Western blotting
| Patient no. | IFA titer | Reaction with recombinant protein
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 kDa | 106 kDa | 28 kDa | ||
| 1 | 64 | + | + | + |
| 2 | 256 | + | − | + |
| 3 | 128 | + | − | − |
| 4 | 64 | + | − | − |
| 5 | 128 | + | − | − |
| 6 | 256 | + | + | − |
| 7 | 64 | + | − | − |
| 8 | 512 | + | − | − |
| 9 | 64 | + | + | − |
| 10 | 2,048 | + | − | − |
| 11 | 256 | + | − | − |
| 12 | 256 | + | − | + |
| 13 | 64 | + | − | + |
| 14 | 64 | + | − | + |
| 15 | 2,048 | + | − | − |
| 16 | 128 | + | − | − |
| 17 | 64 | + | − | − |
| 18 | 128 | + | − | − |
| 19 | 512 | + | − | − |
| 20 | 128 | + | − | − |
| 21 | 2,048 | + | − | − |
| 22 | 64 | + | − | − |
| 23 | 256 | + | − | + |
| 24 | 512 | + | − | + |
| 25 | 1,024 | + | − | + |
| 26 | 512 | + | − | + |
| 27 | 128 | + | − | + |
| 28 | 512 | + | − | + |
| 29 | 64 | + | − | + |
| 30 | 128 | + | − | + |
| 31 | 2,048 | + | − | − |
| 32 | 128 | + | − | − |
| 33–42 | − | − | − | |