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CD8+ T cells provide immune protection against murine disseminated endotheliotropic Orientia tsutsugamushi infection. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Scrub typhus, caused by a Gram-negative obligately intracellular coccobacillus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a long neglected but important tropical disease. Orientia tsutsugamushi causes illness in one million people each year, and 1 billion people are at
Guang Xu +7 more
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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCRUB TYPHUS ALL OVER THE WORLD: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW [PDF]
, 2021 Scrub typhus, a bacterial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is cumulatively recognized as an important cause of pyrexia in Asia, with an estimated one million infections occurring per year. Scrub typhus is a natural focus disease transmitted to
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Estimating scrub typhus and murine typhus incidence among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar
Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 9, Page 978-986, September 2025.Abstract Objectives Rickettsioses are frequent causes of treatable febrile illness in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Accurate estimates of the incidence of rickettsioses are needed to inform investments in disease prevention and control. We sought to estimate the incidence of rickettsioses among adults and adolescents by combining sentinel hospital
Win Thandar Oo +13 more
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Persistence of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Humans [PDF]
, 2012 We investigated the persistence of viable Orientia tsutsugamushi in patients who had recovered from scrub typhus. Blood specimens were available from six patients with scrub typhus who were at 1 to 18 months after the onset of the illness.
Baek, Ji-hyeon +4 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 6, Page 459-480, June 2025.Abstract Background Orientia tsutsugamushi, the causative agent of scrub typhus, is increasingly recognised for its neurological complications. Among these, movement and gait disorders are poorly understood. We systematically examined their clinical spectrum and explored underlying mechanisms through in‐silico protein–protein interaction modelling ...
Ritwick Mondal +9 more
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A Neonate with Bacterial Meningitis Due to Vertically Transmitted Scrub Typhus
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022 Jin Gao,1,2 Tingting Liu,1 Xingyu Xiong,1 Mei Zhao,1 Kun Du,1,2 Jiwei Li2,3 1Department of Neonates; 2Yunnan Province Clinical Research Center for Children’s Health and Disease, Kunming, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pathology, Kunming ...
Gao J +5 more
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Scrub Typhus Presenting as Acute Mastoiditis. [PDF]
, 2014 Scrub typhus, a zoonosis, is known to present with varied clinical presentation. We present a case of acute mastoiditis who did not respond to conventional antibiotic therapy.
Kumar, S, Lal, B, Minhas, RS, Sharma, DR
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The Role of Chiggers as Human Pathogens [PDF]
, 2015 Trombiculid mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) are distributed worldwide ectoparasites of a wide range of vertebrates. More than 50 species are known to bite humans, and about 20 have medical importance.
Oteo, José A. +4 more
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Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 532-539, April 2025.ABSTRACT There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self‐limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual ...
Heshani Rupasinghe +3 more
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Diagnosis of severe scrub typhus infection by next-generation sequencing:a case report
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness, which was caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted through the bite of chiggers. The diagnosis of scrub typhus could be missed diagnosis due to the absence of the pathognomonic eschar.
Jie Chen +9 more
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