Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia

Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, occurs throughout Southeast Asia. We descript ten cases that occurred in the Torres Strait islands of northern Australia during 2000 and 2001. Preceding heavy rain may have contributed to the outbreak. The successful use of azithromycin in two pediatri...

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Autores principales: Faa, Antony G., McBride, William J.H., Garstone, Gaynor, Thompson, Robert E., Holt, Peter
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12702230
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0904.020509
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author Faa, Antony G.
McBride, William J.H.
Garstone, Gaynor
Thompson, Robert E.
Holt, Peter
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description Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, occurs throughout Southeast Asia. We descript ten cases that occurred in the Torres Strait islands of northern Australia during 2000 and 2001. Preceding heavy rain may have contributed to the outbreak. The successful use of azithromycin in two pediatric patients is also reported.
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spelling pubmed-29579832010-11-03 Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia Faa, Antony G. McBride, William J.H. Garstone, Gaynor Thompson, Robert E. Holt, Peter Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, occurs throughout Southeast Asia. We descript ten cases that occurred in the Torres Strait islands of northern Australia during 2000 and 2001. Preceding heavy rain may have contributed to the outbreak. The successful use of azithromycin in two pediatric patients is also reported. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2957983/ /pubmed/12702230 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0904.020509 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Faa, Antony G.
McBride, William J.H.
Garstone, Gaynor
Thompson, Robert E.
Holt, Peter
Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia
title Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia
title_full Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia
title_fullStr Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia
title_short Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia
title_sort scrub typhus in the torres strait islands of north queensland, australia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12702230
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0904.020509
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