Abstract
The positive rate of rickettsial antibodies of 107 rats in the Kinmen area by indirect immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) technique was 0% (0/107) in typhus fever, 38.3% (41/107) in scrub typhus and 66.4% (71/107) in spotted fever group; the positive rate (42.9%) of spotted fever group of 21 rats in Taiwan island also higher than scrub typhus (19.0). It suggests that spotted fever group patients may be present in our country but have not been discovered.
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