TABLE 2.
Overall qualitative agreement among serologic resultsa
| No. of antigens | Agreement
|
|
|---|---|---|
| No. of samples | % of samples | |
| All | 46 | 70 |
| 9 | 10 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 |
Results represent overall qualitative agreement for 10 different antigen preparations (eight strains) tested by using 66 serum samples with confirmed or suspected HGE and other rickettsial infections.