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Table 4 Antibody titers in patients who had recovered from scrub typhus (N = 91) based on follow-up at several timepoints using commercial kits from companies C and D

From: Follow-up investigation of antibody titers and diagnostic antibody cutoff values in patients with scrub typhus in South Korea

 

Company

Antibody

Negative

n

Positive

n

Total

n

1 year

C

IgM

16

0

16

IgG

16

0

D

2

14

2 years

C

IgM

8

0

8

IgG

7

1

D

2

6

3 years

C

IgM

18

0

18

IgG

18

0

D

 

10

8

4 years

C

IgM

3

0

3

IgG

3

0

D

2

1

5 years

C

IgM

7

0

7

IgG

7

0

D

3

4

6 years

C

IgM

8

0

8

IgG

8

0

D

7

1

7 years

C

IgM

5

0

5

IgG

5

0

D

5

0

8 years

C

IgM

3

0

3

IgG

3

0

D

3

0

9 years

C

IgM

6

0

6

IgG

2

4

D

3

3

10 years

C

IgM

6

0

6

IgG

6

0

D

6

0

11 years

C

IgM

6

0

6

IgG

6

0

D

3

3

12 years

C

IgM

2

0

2

IgG

2

0

D

1

1

13 years

C

IgM

3

0

3

IgG

3

0

D

2

1

  1. C, C company kit; D, D company kit