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Table 4 MIF antibody titers and SPDs from reciprocal cross-reactions of mouse antisera to the members of the Rickettsia conorii complex.

From: Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii

 

MIF antibody titer (SPD) of mouse antisera to *:

Antigens

R. conorii

ITTR

AFR isolate A-167

AFR isolate Chad

ISFR

R. conorii

1,024

256 (4)

256 (5)

256 (5)

256 (4)

ITTR

512 (4)

2,048

512 (4)

256 (5)

256 (5)

AFR isolate A-167

128 (5)

256 (4)

1,024

512 (2)

256 (4)

AFR isolate Chad

128 (5)

256 (5)

512 (2)

1,024

256 (4)

ISFR

128 (4)

128 (5)

128 (4)

128 (4)

512

  1. * Titers are the reciprocals of the highest dilution of antisera that gave a positive reaction. SPDs are calculated according to the formula given in the Materials and Methods section.