Scrub Typhus in the Republic of Palau, Micronesia

In October 2001, an outbreak of febrile illness began in the southwest islands group of the Republic of Palau. Through October 2003, a total of 15 southwest islanders experienced fever >39.5°C and abdominal distress, both lasting >7days. Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus, was s...

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Autores principales: Durand, A. Mark, Kuartei, Stevenson, Togamae, Ishmael, Sengebau, Maireng, Demma, Linda, Nicholson, William, O'Leary, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15504273
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1010.040288
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author Durand, A. Mark
Kuartei, Stevenson
Togamae, Ishmael
Sengebau, Maireng
Demma, Linda
Nicholson, William
O'Leary, Michael
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description In October 2001, an outbreak of febrile illness began in the southwest islands group of the Republic of Palau. Through October 2003, a total of 15 southwest islanders experienced fever >39.5°C and abdominal distress, both lasting >7days. Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus, was subsequently identified as the cause.
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spelling pubmed-33232602012-04-17 Scrub Typhus in the Republic of Palau, Micronesia Durand, A. Mark Kuartei, Stevenson Togamae, Ishmael Sengebau, Maireng Demma, Linda Nicholson, William O'Leary, Michael Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In October 2001, an outbreak of febrile illness began in the southwest islands group of the Republic of Palau. Through October 2003, a total of 15 southwest islanders experienced fever >39.5°C and abdominal distress, both lasting >7days. Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus, was subsequently identified as the cause. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3323260/ /pubmed/15504273 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1010.040288 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.
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Durand, A. Mark
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Scrub Typhus in the Republic of Palau, Micronesia
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