Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message This case report highlights the importance of considering scrub typhus as a differential diagnosis for acute encephalitis with cranial nerve palsy in the region of the tsutsugamushi triangle.
Seshkanta Lamichhane +4 more
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A Case of Tsutsugamushi Disease [PDF]
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, 1987 Tsutsugamushi disease is an acute, febrile, typhus-like disease of rural Asia transmitted by the bite of larval trombiculid mites. The disease is caused by infection with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi. Recently the authors experienced a case of tsutsugamushi disease which was serologically confirmed.
Shie Hwoa Park +5 more
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Current situation of scrub typhus in South Korea from 2001–2013
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background The bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, mite-borne disease, which causes an acute febrile illness in patients.
Hyeong-Woo Lee +8 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Orientia tsutsugamushi (O. tsutsugamushi), an obligate intracellular bacterium, is transmitted to humans through infected larval trombiculid mite bites, causing scrub typhus. Mixed genotypes of O.
Chuanning Tang +15 more
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Analysis of a case of imported tsutsugamushi disease in Shanghai
Shanghai yufang yixueObjectiveTo investigate the clinical characteristics and epidemiological history of an imported case of tsutsugamushi disease, and to identify the diagnosis and key points of prevention and control.MethodsThe clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment ...
ZHU Lin, HE Xiaoding
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Hematogenously disseminated Orientia tsutsugamushi-infected murine model of scrub typhus [corrected]. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Orientia tsutsugamushi, the etiologic agent of scrub typhus, is a mite-borne rickettsia transmitted by the parasitic larval stage of trombiculid mites. Approximately one-third of the world's population is at risk of infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi,
Thomas R Shelite +8 more
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Orientia tsutsugamushi ankyrin repeat-containing protein family members are Type 1 secretion system substrates that traffic to the host cell endoplasmic reticulum [PDF]
, 2015 Scrub typhus is an understudied, potentially fatal infection that threatens one billion persons in the Asia-Pacific region. How the causative obligate intracellular bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi, facilitates its intracellular survival and ...
Beare, Paul A. +10 more
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Comparative evaluation of a point-of-care immunochromatographic test SNAP 4Dx with molecular detection tests for vector-borne canine pathogens in Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2011 There are no comprehensive studies on the performance of commonly used point-of-care diagnostic enzyme immunoassay for common arthropod-borne canine pathogens.
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Immunization with an autotransporter protein of Orientia tsutsugamushi provides protective immunity against scrub typhus. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Scrub typhus is an acute febrile disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi infection. Recently, the rapid increase of scrub typhus incidence in several countries within the endemic region has become a serious public health issue.
Na-Young Ha +7 more
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Causes of non-malarial fever in Laos: a prospective study [PDF]
, 2013 Background Because of reductions in the incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Laos, identifi cation of the causes of fever in people without malaria, and discussion of the best empirical treatment options, are urgently needed.
Castonguay-Vanier, Josée +19 more
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