TABLE 5.
Detection by RFA and IFA of scrub typhus antibodies in secondary infectionsa
| Patient | Days after onset of illness | IFA titers of:
|
RFA detection of:
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgM | IgG | IgM | IgG | ||
| MAK121 (6/11/76) | 10 | − | 40 | − | − |
| 18 | − | 320 | + | + | |
| 24 | 160 | 1,280 | + | + | |
| 31 | − | 640 | − | + | |
| MAK132 (6/29/76) | 7 | − | 320 | − | + |
| 14 | − | 640 | − | + | |
| 21 | − | 640 | − | + | |
| 30 | − | 2,560 | + | + | |
| 69 | − | 2,560 | − | + | |
| MAK139 (7/10/76) | 9 | − | 80 | − | + |
| 16 | 640 | 320 | + | + | |
| 24 | 1,280 | 320 | + | + | |
| 30 | 1,280 | 640 | + | + | |
| 61 | − | 640 | + | + | |
| 251 | − | − | − | − | |
| MAK152 (7/24/76) | 0 | − | 40 | − | + |
| 7 | − | 320 | + | + | |
| 14 | − | 2,560 | + | + | |
| 20 | − | 640 | + | + | |
| MAK168 (7/30/76) | 3 | − | 640 | − | + |
| 10 | − | 1,280 | − | + | |
| 24 | − | 2,560 | − | + | |
Date of onset is listed in parentheses as month/day/year. IFA negative (−), titer of <40; RFA negative (−), no visible lines.