First laboratory-confirmed case of scrub typhus in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province
ObjectiveDefining whether a suspected case was due to scrub typhus through laboratory testing, to understand the prevalence of scrub typhus in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province.MethodsAn epidemiological investigation was conducted on the suspected case, utilizing Weil-Felix test and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) to detect specific antibod