Radulovic S, Walker D H, Weiss K, Dzelalija B, Morovic M
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0609.
J Clin Microbiol. 1993 Aug;31(8):2225-7. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.8.2225-2227.1993.
A seroepidemiological survey in coastal Croatia detected antibodies reactive with Rickettsia conorii in 4.2% of sera by immunofluorescence assay and in 5.0% of sera by enzyme immunoassay. Western immunoblotting demonstrated antibodies to the 120-kDa surface protein in all 20 positive serum samples examined and to rickettsial lipopolysaccharide in 3 of these serum samples. Humans in this area are clearly being exposed to spotted fever rickettsiae.
在克罗地亚沿海地区进行的一项血清流行病学调查发现,通过免疫荧光法检测,4.2%的血清中存在与康氏立克次体反应的抗体,通过酶免疫法检测,5.0%的血清中存在此类抗体。蛋白质免疫印迹法显示,在检测的所有20份阳性血清样本中均存在针对120 kDa表面蛋白的抗体,其中3份血清样本中存在针对立克次体脂多糖的抗体。该地区的人群显然正在接触斑点热立克次体。