Table 2 SFTSV antibodies in hospitalized patients with different clinical diagnoses
Diagnosis during hospitalization | No. detected | Seropositivity of IgM n(%) | Seropositivity of IgG n(%) | Titres of IgG (1:) n(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6400 | 1600 | 400 | 100 | 〈100 | ||||
Patients who were not diagnosed with SFTS | 218 | 6(2.8) | 29(13.3) | 0(0) | 2(0.9) | 9(4.1) | 18(8.3) | 189(86.7) |
Patients who were initially diagnosed as SFTS-suspected cases and then excluded | 28 | 7(25) | 19(67.9) | 0(0) | 6(21.4) | 10(35.7) | 3(10.7) | 9(32.1) |
Total | 246 | 13(5.3) | 48(19.5) | 0(0) | 8(3.3) | 19(7.7) | 21(8.5) | 198(80.5) |