Cherry LimStuart D. BlacksellAchara LaongnualpanichPacharee KantipongNicholas P.J. DayDaniel H. ParisDirek LimmathurotsakulMahidol UniversityNuffield Department of Clinical MedicineChiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital2018-11-232018-11-232015-11-01Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.53, No.11 (2015), 3663-36661098660X009511372-s2.0-84945241907https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/36269Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. We determined the optimal cutoff titers in admission and convalescent-phase samples for scrub typhus indirect immunofluorescence assay using Bayesian latent class models. Cutoff titers of>1:3,200 in an admission sample or of a>4-fold rise to>1:3,200 in a convalescent-phase sample provided the highest accuracy (sensitivity, 81.6%; specificity, 100%).Mahidol UniversityMedicineOptimal cutoff titers for indirect immunofluorescence assay for diagnosis of scrub typhusArticleSCOPUS10.1128/JCM.01680-15