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What this test measures

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This section shows the biological marker/agent measured by this diagnostic test. Each marker/agent opens its own page with related conditions. Detailed reference ranges are shown separately in the Reference ranges and concentrations section below, so they are not repeated here.

Reference ranges and concentrations

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These ranges are pulled from the existing EH diagnostic-test reference range tables. They can vary by laboratory, method, age, sex, sample type and clinical situation.

Biological marker/agent / concentrationReference rangeUnitAgeGenderCategory / test group
Coxiella Burnetti Compliment Fixation (Complement Fixation for Q Fever)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests
Rickettsia Akari Microimmunofluorescence (Immunofluorescent Antibodies to Rickettsial Pox)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests
Rickettsia Australis Complement Fixation (Complement Factor for Queensland Tick Typhus)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests
Rickettsia Conorii Antibody (Specific Antibody for Buotonneuse Fever)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests
Rickettsia Prowazekii Antibody (Specific Antibody for Epidemic Typhus)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests
Rickettsia Rickettsii IFA or Agglutination (Antibody for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests
Rickettsia Tsutsugamushi Complement or Immunofuorescence (Serology Positive to Scrub Typhus)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests
Rickettsia Typhi Antibody (Specific Antibody for Endemic Flea Borne Typhus)0 – 1NegativeAllBothMicrobiological Studies / Serology Tests

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Conditions where linked markers may be increased or decreased

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Markers often increased in

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Markers often decreased in

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Related disease pages directly linked to this test

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Full article / legacy information

Rickettsia Serology Tests

ID 569

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://www.apmmc.org/2010-presentations/Friday/Breakout5_Meluku/Richards.pdf

2. http://www.diagnosticlab.org.au/index.php?n=SERVICES

3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000654.htm

4. http://www.calgarylabservices.com/LabTests/AlphabeticalListing/R/Rickettsiae-Serology.htm

5. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T30-4V94WWD-1&_user=10&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1525298414&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d42b75ef3430e7cb84c2e5a9d60cf3e0&searchtype=a

6. http://books.google.com/books?id=wKpTUIRG2qEC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=rickettsial+serology&source=bl&ots=WyUFGVwQtf&sig=xws0GpZiUScs6xGbYtM7r2vNVKU&hl=en&ei=gTvRTIW3NI6lceeHsdEL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=rickettsial serology&f=false

7. http://www.medgle.com/rw/procedures/Rickettsia+Typhi+serology

8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11989575

9. http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/Rickettsia_3.html

10. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/968385-diagnosis

11. http://books.google.com/books?id=Qdees2Wh6HYC&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599&dq=rickettsial+serology&source=bl&ots=oEmo9SWMRY&sig=8cWdnpzLeyd0Xd1Cl9jN-0vIirk&hl=en&ei=3DvRTPqgJ4bQca2a7JcL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDcQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q&f=false
 

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