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Antinuclear antibodies in scrub typhus: Transient occurrence during acute illness
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2018 Background & objectives: The pathological hallmark of scrub typhus infection is focal or disseminated vasculitis. As with other infections, antinuclear antibodies (ANA) have been previously described in scrub typhus.
Maria Koshy +8 more
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Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 2016 Unfortunately, it is not feasible to prepare an effective vaccine against scrub typhus, because of the extreme antigenic variation seen amongst the strains of O tsutsugamushi. Immunity acquired naturally against one antigenic type may not be protective against another type which might be currently circulating in the locality. This complexity continues
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Scrub Typhus and its Association with Liver Disease
Journal of Global Infectious DiseasesIntroduction: Scrub typhus is a vector-borne infection caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, transmitted to humans through the bite of larval forms of Leptotrombidium mites and hence called tsutsugamushi disease or rickettsial disease.
Shalini Balamurugan +6 more
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Scrub Typhus Transmission in Mainland China, 2006-2014.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BackgroundScrub typhus is endemic in the Asia-Pacific region including China, and the number of reported cases has increased dramatically in the past decade.
Yi-Cheng Wu +14 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Scrub typhus is an established cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in northern states of India. We systematically investigated 376 children with AES in southern India, using a stepwise diagnostic strategy for the causative agent of scrub typhus ...
Tina Damodar +15 more
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The Early Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Introduction: Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infection widespread in Southeast Asia, with clinical symptoms such as fever, chills, skin rash, eschar at the bite site, and other signs of acute febrile illness. The Rickettsia pathogen (Orientia tsutsugamushi)
Xianghong Liu +5 more
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2012 Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is a common cause of undifferentiated febrile illness in the Indian subcontinent. We present a case of scrub typhus with a rare ophthalmic manifestation.
S, D'sa, S, Singh, S, Sowmya
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Spatiotemporal epidemiology and risk factors of scrub typhus in Hainan Province, China, 2011–2020
One Health, 2023 Background: The re-emergence of scrub typhus in the southern provinces of China in recent decades has been validated, thereby attracting the attention of public health authorities. There has been a spatial and temporal expansion of scrub typhus in Hainan
Lisha Liu +11 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundScrub typhus and Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) are prevalent infectious diseases in South Korea. This study compared the clinical and laboratory characteristics associated with scrub typhus and HFRS treated at Chosun University ...
Thinley Dorji +7 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseScrub typhus has emerged as a life-threatening and increasingly prevalent vector-borne disease. While the spatial and temporal distributions of scrub typhus have been studied by the research community, the main driving factors that influence the ...
Peiwei Fan +16 more
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