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1. • • Most cases of scrub typhus occur in rural areas of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent, and northern Australia. Overview Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi. Scrub typhus is spread to people through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites).
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   What is scrub typhus?

   • Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi. Scrub typhus is spread to people through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites). The most common symptoms of scrub typhus include fever, headache, body aches, and rash.

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   Is scrub typhus prevalent in Indonesia?

   • While the available data suggest that scrub typhus is prevalent in Indonesia, up-to-date information is lacking. Therefore, it is crucial to increase scrub typhus surveillance to improve our understanding of its burden and distribution, and eventually inform treatment strategies.

   Geographical distribution of scrub typhus and risk of Orientia

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   Is there evidence for scrub typhus (O tsutsugamushi) in Indonesia?

   • Map of evidence scores for scrub typhus/ O. tsutsugamushi in subnational units of Indonesia. The darker the colour the stronger the evidence for presence of scrub typhus disease in humans. Low scores indicate a lack of evidence (rather than confirmed absence of this disease).

   Geographical distribution of scrub typhus and risk of Orientia

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   Is scrub typhus an Asian-Australian-Pacific disease?

   • Nevertheless, this notion of scrub typhus outside the Tsutsugamushi Triangle was not generally accepted and, therefore, scrub typhus was still considered an Asian-Australian-Pacific disease [ 94 ]. Evidence of Scrub Typhus Outside of the Tsutsugamushi Triangle.

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3. www.cdc.gov › typhus › aboutAbout Scrub Typhus | Typhus Fevers | CDC

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   May 15, 2024 · Scrub typhus is spread to people through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites). The most common symptoms of scrub typhus include fever, headache, body aches, and rash. Most cases of scrub typhus occur in rural areas of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent, and northern Australia.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Scrub_typhusScrub typhus - Wikipedia

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   Causes. Diagnosis. Treatment. Vaccine. History. See also. References. External links. Scrub typhus or bush typhus is a form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi, a Gram-negative α-proteobacterium of family Rickettsiaceae first isolated and identified in 1930 in Japan. [2] [3]

5. academic.oup.com › trstmh › articleScrub typhus in Indonesia: A cross-sectional analysis of ...

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   Jan 11, 2024 · 11 January 2024. Article history. PDF. Split View. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. Background. Scrub typhus is an understudied vector-borne bacterial infection. Methods. We tested archived fever samples for scrub typhus seropositivity to begin charting its geographic distribution in Indonesia. We analysed 1033 serum samples from three sites.

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7. www.nature.com › articles › s41598/024/61555-9Global seroprevalence of scrub typhus: a systematic review ...

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   May 13, 2024 · Scrub typhus, commonly known as Tsutsugamushi disease, is an acute febrile illness caused by an obligatory intracellular gram-negative α-proteobacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi 1, 2, 3. Since...

8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesScrub Typhus: Historic Perspective and Current Status of the ...

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   Apr 1, 2020 · Scrub typhus, a febrile disease with mild to life-threatening manifestations, is characterized by rapid onset of fever, headache, chills, arthralgias and myalgias and often the presentation of eschar prior to and a macularpapular rash following initiation of disease [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ].

   • Author: Allen L Richards, Ju Jiang
   • DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020049

   • Publish Year: 2020
   • Publication: Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020 Jun; 5(2): 49.

9. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books › NBK558901Scrub Typhus - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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   Mar 17, 2024 · Last Update: March 17, 2024. Go to: Orientia tsutsugamushi. Identify the clinical features and epidemiological significance of scrub typhus, including eschar formation and its variations by region.

10. journals.plos.org › plosntds › articleGeographical distribution of scrub typhus and risk of ...

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    Sep 25, 2023 · Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal acute febrile illness caused by bacteria in the genus Orientia. Though cases have been documented, a comprehensive body of evidence has not previously been compiled to give an overview of scrub typhus in Indonesia.