Proportion of Scrub Typhus Infection among Patients Admitted with Acute Febrile Illness in a Tertiary Care setup.

Dr. Debasis Barman; Anwesha Saha; Dr. Abhijit Sarkar; Dr. Tapan Majumdar

Volume : X, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

Proportion of Scrub Typhus Infection among Patients Admitted with Acute Febrile Illness in a Tertiary Care setup.

Dr. Debasis Barman, Anwesha Saha, Dr. Abhijit Sarkar, Dr. Tapan Majumdar

Abstract :

The serodiagnosis of Scrub Typhus fever is done by Indirect IFA, Indirect ELISA to to detect IgM class of antibodies against Orientia tsutsugamushi (etiological agent to cause Scrub Typhus infection) in the patients’ serum. This study is to estimate the proportion of Scrub Typhus fever among patients admitted with acute feile illness in a tertiary care setup in Tripura. Clinical data and serum samples have been collected from the 271 patients. The serodiagnosis of Scrub Typhus fever is done by indirect ELISA and IFA from the patients’ serum samples. The Scrub Typhus infection is prevalent in Tripura. The proportion in the study group is calculated 14.76% (40/271) by combining Indirect ELISA and IFA. The Anti Boryong antibody was positive in 45% (18/40) IFA serology.