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Scrub typhus reinfection [PDF]

Tropical Doctor, 2017
Scrub typhus (ST), a mite-borne rickettsial disease, has increased in frequency in India, among other countries, in recent years.1,2 It is most commonly characterised as a febrile disease with a range of varying symptoms. This disseminated multi-organ disease may be life-threatening if not treated early during the illness and relapses with early ...
Munegowda C Koralur, Rahul Singh, Muralidhar Varma, John Stenos, Indira Bairy   +4 more
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Eschar of scrub typhus

IDCases, 2022
We report a case of a 60-year-old farmer presented with chief complaints of fever, myalgia, and headache of one week duration. Head-to-toe examination revealed an area of central necrosis surrounded by erythema (suggestive of eschar) on nape of the neck.
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Scrub Typhus: A Neglected Tropical Disease and A Potential Threat in North India

, 2020
Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease. It presents clinically with non-specific febrile signs and symptoms and is often under diagnosed. It is a major public health threat.
Areena Hoda Siddiqui, Shadma Yaqoob, Priyanka Shukla   +2 more
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Hospitalisations and outpatient visits for undifferentiated fever attributable to scrub typhus in rural South India: Retrospective cohort and nested case-control study. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND:The burden of scrub typhus in endemic areas is poorly understood. This study aimed at estimating the proportion of hospitalisations and outpatient visits for undifferentiated fever in the community that may be attributable to scrub typhus ...
Carol S Devamani, John A J Prakash, Neal Alexander, Motoi Suzuki, Wolf-Peter Schmidt   +4 more
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Scrub Typhus in Himalayas

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Himachal Pradesh state of India is situated in the outer Himalayan ranges. During the rainy season, several cases of acute febrile illness of unknown origin occurred. Orientia tsutsugamushi was identified as the causative agent by microimmunofluorescence and PCR. Two new genotypes of O. tsutsugamushi were identified in the region.
Sanjay K. Mahajan, Jean-Marc Rolain, Rajesh Kashyap, Diprabhanu Bakshi, Vijay Sharma, Bhupalngh Prasher, Lalngh Pal, Didier Raoult   +7 more
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Scrub typhus in northern Thailand

, 2022
Scrub typhus, a neglected infectious disease caused by obligate intracellular bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a major cause of acute non-malarial fever in the tropics.
Wangrangsimakul, Tri
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Isolation of a novel Orientia species (O. chuto sp. nov.) from a patient infected in Dubai

, 2010
In July 2006, an Australian tourist returning from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), developed acute scrub typhus. Her signs and symptoms included fever, myalgia, headache, rash, and eschar.
Nuntipa Aukkanit, Nguyen, C, Nguyen, C., Blacksell, SD, Aukkanit, N, Ju Jiang, Allen L. Richards, Richards, A. L., Stenos, J., Daniel H. Paris, Jiang, J, Richards, AL, Graves, S., Stuart D. Blacksell, Stan Fenwick, Day, NP, Paris, Daniel, Stenos, J, John Stenos, Fuller, A, Andrew Fuller, Nicholas P. J. Day, Blacksell, S.D., Jiang, J., Chelsea Nguyen, Paris, D.H., Izzard, L, Graves, S, Fuller, A., Leonard Izzard, Stephen Graves, Aukkanit, N., Paris, DH, Fenwick, S., Day, Nicholas, Izzard, L., Fenwick, S, Day, N.P.J.   +37 more
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Diagnostic evaluation of IgM ELISA and IgM Immunofluorescence assay for the diagnosis of Acute Scrub Typhus in central Nepal

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi. Immunochromatography (ICT) and IgM ELISA are two of the routinely employed antibody based assays for diagnosis of Scrub typhus ...
Parajuli, Keshab, Sherchand, Jeevan Bahadur, Stenos, John, Gautam, Rajendra, Tshokey, Tshokey   +4 more
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Burden of disease measured by disability-adjusted life years and a disease forecasting time series model of scrub typhus in Laiwu, China. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Laiwu District is recognized as a hyper-endemic region for scrub typhus in Shandong Province, but the seriousness of this problem has been neglected in public health circles.A disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) approach was adopted to measure the ...
Li-Ping Yang, Si-Yuan Liang, Xian-Jun Wang, Xiu-Jun Li, Yan-Ling Wu, Wei Ma   +5 more
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A potential tool for predicting epidemic trends and outbreaks of scrub typhus based on Internet search big data analysis in Yunnan Province, China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionScrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a neglected tropical disease. The southern part of China is considered an important epidemic and conserved area of scrub typhus.
Zixu Wang, Zixu Wang, Wenyi Zhang, Nianhong Lu, Nianhong Lu, Ruichen Lv, Ruichen Lv, Junhu Wang, Junhu Wang, Changqiang Zhu, Changqiang Zhu, Lele Ai, Lele Ai, Yingqing Mao, Yingqing Mao, Weilong Tan, Weilong Tan, Yong Qi, Yong Qi   +18 more
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