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A case of fever of unknown origin – Was it really unknown?

APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
A 66-year-old male patient with diabetes and hypertension presented with a history of 2 months of continuous fever and weight loss. He was investigated earlier and treated for upper respiratory infection, typhus, and other infections with no reduction in
Manjunath Premanath
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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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Rickettsial Infections and Fever, Vientiane, Laos

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Rickettsial diseases have not been described previously from Laos, but in a prospective study, acute rickettsial infection was identified as the cause of fever in 115 (27%) of 427 adults with negative blood cultures admitted to Mahosot Hospital in ...
Simaly Phongmany, Jean-Marc Rolain, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Stuart D. Blacksell, Vimone Soukkhaseum, Bouachanh Rasachack, Khamphong Phiasakha, Surn Soukkhaseum, Khamthavi Frichithavong, Vang Chu, Valy Keolouangkhot, Bertrand Martinez-Aussel, Ko Chang, Chirapha Darasavath, Oudayvone Rattanavong, Siho Sisouphone, Mayfong Mayxay, Sisouphane Vidamaly, Philippe Parola, Chanpheng Thammavong, Mayboun Heuangvongsy, Bounkong Syhavong, Didier Raoult, Nicholas J. White, Paul N. Newton   +24 more
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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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NEUROVACINIA WITH TYPHUS IN THE WORKS OF М. М. TZEKHOWITZER (REVIEW) [PDF]

Annals of Mechnikov's Institute, 2013
The article describes the work priorities M. M.Tzekhnowitzer. Describes the production of various types neurovaccinia. Characterized by immunization of animals living typhous neyrovirusom.
Moiseyenko T.N.
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Spotted Fever and Typhus Group Rickettsiae in Dogs and Humans, Mexico, 2022

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We found serologic evidence of spotted fever group Rickettsia in humans and dogs and typhus group Rickettsia in dogs in Reynosa, Mexico. Our investigation revealed serologic samples reactive to spotted fever group Rickettsia in 5 community members ...
Ricardo Palacios-Santana, Lihua Wei, Nadia A. Fernandez-Santos, Mario A. Rodriguez-Perez, Sergio Uriegas-Camargo, Nicole L. Mendell, Donald H. Bouyer, Jose Guillermo Estrada-Franco   +7 more
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Acute Severe Calculous Cholecystitis with Multiorgan Failure Complicated by Scrub Typhus

Case Reports in Surgery, 2019
Scrub typhus is a febrile illness and can present with manifestations ranging from subclinical symptoms to multiorgan failure and death. Scrub typhus is a rare etiology of acute cholecystitis. A patient presenting with the features of acute cholecystitis
Suman Acharya, Jayant Kumar Yadav, Nischal Khanal, Raju Bhandari, Bikal Ghimire   +4 more
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Nonnegligible Seroprevalence and Predictors of Murine Typhus, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
To elucidate the epidemiology of murine typhus, which is infrequently reported in Japan, we conducted a cross-sectional study involving 2,382 residents of rickettsiosis-endemic areas in Honshu Island during August–November 2020.
Tetsuro Aita, Eiichiro Sando, Shungo Katoh, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Hiromi Fujita, Noriaki Kurita   +5 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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Health facility-based prevalence of typhoid fever, typhus and malaria among individuals suspected of acute febrile illnesses in Southwest Region, Ethiopia

Frontiers in Epidemiology
BackgroundAcute febrile illnesses such as typhoid fever, typhus, and malaria are still major causes of hospital admission in many parts of Ethiopia. However, there are substantial gaps in the monitoring systems, which result in a lack of knowledge about ...
Mengistu Abayneh, Mitiku Aberad, Mitiku Aberad, Yosef Habtemariam, Yosef Habtemariam, Yared Alemu   +5 more
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