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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]
, 2014 Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick +13 more
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Global seroprevalence of scrub typhus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Scientific ReportsScrub typhus, a neglected disease, is a significant health concern in the Tsutsugamushi triangle of the Asia–Pacific and has raised global concerns due to recent cases occurring outside this region.
Sauvik Dasgupta +4 more
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Scrub typhus ecology: a systematic review of Orientia in vectors and hosts
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an important and neglected vector-borne zoonotic disease with an expanding known distribution.
I. Elliott +5 more
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Epidemiologic Changes of Scrub Typhus in China, 1952–2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 Scrub typhus, a miteborne rickettsiosis, has emerged in many areas globally. We analyzed the incidence and spatial–temporal distribution of scrub typhus in China during 1952–1989 and 2006–2016 using national disease surveillance data.
Zhongjie Li +12 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Background: Scrub typhus was epidemic in the western Pacific Ocean area and East Asia, scrub typhus epidemic in densely populated areas in southern China.
Jianyun Lu +4 more
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EpidemiologiaEven today, healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) remain the most frequent and serious complications in healthcare, with a significant clinical and economic impact.
Davide Orsini +7 more
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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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Scientific ReportsScrub typhus may be one of the world’s most prevalent, neglected and serious, but easily treatable, febrile diseases. It has become a significant potential threat to public health in China.
P. Peng +9 more
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Ecological and behavioural risk factors of scrub typhus in central Vietnam: a case-control study
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 Background The risk factors for scrub typhus in Vietnam remain unknown. Scrub typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi often presents as an undifferentiated febrile illness and remains under appreciated due to the limited availability of diagnostic tests.
H. Tran +10 more
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Drought and Epidemic Typhus, Central Mexico, 1655–1918
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 Epidemic typhus is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis). This disease occurs where conditions are crowded and unsanitary.
Jordan N. Burns +2 more
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