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Table 2 Nested PCR (nPCR) and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) results for anaplasmosis and rickettsiosis

From: Asymptomatic-anaplasmosis confirmation using genetic and serological tests and possible coinfection with spotted fever group Rickettsia: a case report

Date

Anaplasmosis

Rickettsiosis

nPCR

IFA

nPCR

IFA

(R. conorii)

IFA

(R. japonica)

IFA

(R. montanensis)

IgG

IgM

IgG

IgM

IgG

IgM

IgG

IgM

19 June

groEL (+) ankA (+)16S rRNA

(−)

< 1:16

< 1:16

sca1 (−)

ompA (−)

< 1:16

1:256

1:128

< 1:16

1:32

< 1:16

22 June

 

< 1:16

1:16

sca1 (−)

< 1:16

1:512

1:128

< 1:16

1:32

< 1:16

28 June

groEL (−)

ankA (−)

< 1:16

1:32

sca1 (−)

1:64

1:256

1:64

< 1:16

1:32

< 1:16

  1. nPCR nested PCR, IFA indirect immunofluorescence assay
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