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A study on serodiagnosis of scrub typhus in a Teaching Hospital of South India [PDF]

open access: yesPerspectives In Medical Research, 2021
Background: crub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (rickettsial disease) commonly transmitted by the bite of larval chiggers of trombiculid mites. It has been one of the important causes of febrile illness, especially in south India.
Santosha Kelamane 1 , Cheruku Pranuthi Mispah 2 , K. Sri Sandhya1
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Rickettsiosis: A cause of acute febrile illness and value of Weil-Felix test

open access: yesIndian Journal of Public Health, 2013
Ganavalli Subramanya Ajantha   +3 more
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Serodiagnosis of Scrub Typhus at a Tertiary Care Hospital from Southern India [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Introduction: Scrub typhus, a zoonotic disease is one of the most covert emerging and re-emerging Rickettsial infections. There is an upsurge in the incidence of the disease worldwide with ever-changing habitat.
K.S. Roopa   +5 more
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Seroprevalence of Scrub Typhus among Febrile Patients from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kerala [PDF]

open access: yesNational Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Scrub typhus or bush typhus is a form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi. As the clinical features include fever, headache, vomiting, respiratory infections and rashes, this disease presents like ...
Jasmine Kulappurathu Abdul Kader   +3 more
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Seroprevalence and clinical profile of scrub typhus in patients presenting with undifferentiated acute febrile illness in a tertiary care centre

open access: yesAsian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Scrub typhus (ST) is a common Rickettsial infection which has been increasingly reported from the various states of southern part of India. Aims and Objective: With very few reports from Central Kerala, we aimed to study the seroprevalence
Reena Anie Jose   +5 more
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Seroepidemiology of Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in Uttar Pradesh: A Prospective Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis (SFR), an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, R. conorii and R. akari which is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. SFR is one of the most covert emerging infections of the
Chandra Dev Pati Tripathi   +4 more
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Rickettsial Fever Presenting with Gangrene: A Case Series [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Rickettsial diseases comprise a wide spectrum of diseases which are reported from different parts of India quiet long ago. Many cases of rickettsial diseases go undiagnos due to lack of diagnostic techniques and the reported incidence and prevalence may
Arun Prasannan   +2 more
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Indian Tick Typhus – An Uncommon Cause of Hepatitis: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Although viruses remain the most common cause of hepatitis, other causes like rickettsial hepatitis are also well known. However, this aetiology has not been well recognized and it has been rarely reported in the Indian literature.
Rahul Gupta, Virendra Singh
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