Prevalence of antibody to Orientia tsutsugamushi in dogs along Thai - Myanmar border
2000
Mongkol Chenchittikul | Decha Pangjai | Paijit Warachit (Department of Medical Sciences, Nonthaburi (Thailand). National Institute of Health)
Three hundred and ninety six dog sera collected from ten provinces along Thai-Myanmar border in 1997 were tested for antibody to Orientia tsutsugamushi by Indirect Fluorescent Antibody test (IFA). The average percentage of positive antibody (Ab) to scrub typhus in all provinces was 39.65 percent. The Ab prevalence to scrub typhus in each province ranged from 21.95 to 62.16 percent, northern provinces had the highest prevalence (54.00 percent) whereas southern provinces had the lowest prevalence (24.39 percent). Geometric mean titer (GMT) of the Abin dog sera were 1:191 (range from 1:100 to 1:594). GMT of the Ab in Chiengrai province was the highest titer (1:594) and Chumphon province was the lowest titer (1:100).
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