EVIDENCE FOR A HIGH PREVALENCE OF SPOTTED-FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS IN DIVERSE ECOLOGIC ZONES OF INNER-MONGOLIA

Authors
LIU QH CHEN GY JIN Y TE M NIU LC DONG SP WALKER DH
Citation
Qh. Liu et al., EVIDENCE FOR A HIGH PREVALENCE OF SPOTTED-FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS IN DIVERSE ECOLOGIC ZONES OF INNER-MONGOLIA, Epidemiology and infection, 115(1), 1995, pp. 177-183
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Epidemiology and infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
09502688
Volume
115
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
177 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-2688(1995)115:1<177:EFAHPO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A 3-year study of spotted fever group rickettsial ecology in Inner Mon golia revealed that nearly half of the human population tested had ant ibodies to Rickettsia sibirica detected by complement fixation test. I nfected persons, ticks and a high proportion of seropositive livestock , and wild rodents were found in all five vegetation zones (desert, st eppe, forest, forest-grassland and grassland).