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Table 3 Comparison of main clinical features in scrub typhus and spotted fever seropositive patients

From: Seroepidemiololgy of rickettsioses in Sri Lanka: a patient based study

Serological group

Cohort

Presence of rash

Presence of eschar

Headache

Myalgia

Arthralgia

Localized lymphadenopathy

Generalized lymphadenopathy

Hepatomegaly

Splenomegaly

Conjunctival injections

   ST seropositives

1

36%

67%

88%

35%

36%

33%

02%

40%

23%

14%

 

2

10%

55%

55%

39%

43%

20%

21%

23%

13%

00%

 

3

33%

57%

39%

33%

22%

15%

14%

16%

10%

06%

   SFG seropositives

2

87%

04%

58%

68%

67%

21%

00%

09%

09%

16%

 

3

97%

01%

37%

53%

71%

12%

00%

06%

00%

06%