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Mar 9, 2024 · Scrub typhus also known as bush typhus, is an emerging infectious disease caused by a bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi (formerly known as Rickettsia tsutsugamushi ). It is a zoonotic disease primarily affecting rodents, rabbits, and marsupials. Humans are accidental hosts.
Mar 5, 2024 · The clinical symptoms of scrub typhus are mainly characterized by fever, chills, headache, asthenia, dizziness, pneumonia, and lymphadenopathy, which are non-specific and could be attributed to other conditions. But in this study, there was a rare case of death due to scrub typhus pneumonia.
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Mar 6, 2024 · Scrub typhus is a zoonotic illness caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, and traditionally restricted to the ‘ tsutsugamushi triangle ’ – a geographic area in the Asia-Pacific named after the disease. Approximately one million cases occur each year, and over one billion people are at risk of disease.
Mar 12, 2024 · The objective of this study is to explore the potential association between scrub typhus and the subsequent risk of venous thromboembolism, and long-term mortality. This nationwide cohort study identified 10,121 patients who were newly diagnosed with scrub typhus.
3 days ago · In 2002, "Lepthangamushi syndrome" was coined to describe a series of overlapping symptoms of leptospirosis with Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, and scrub typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.
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Mar 5, 2024 · During the period from July to August 2022, in Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, China, 13 out of 21 fever patients were diagnosed with scrub typhus, based on epidemiological investigation and blood test analysis.
3 days ago · Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi. [2] [3] Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. [4] [5] Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several days. [4]