High initial IgG antibody levels against Orientia tsutsugamushi are associated with an increased risk of severe scrub typhus infection

• Carol S. Devamani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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• John A. J. Prakash ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: prakjaj@cmcvellore.ac.in

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4561-8456

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• Neal Alexander,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• William Stone,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6647-0166

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• Karthik Gunasekaran,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8615-5753

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• Winsley Rose,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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• Wolf-Peter Schmidt

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department for Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7449-4152

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