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Current situation of scrub typhus in South Korea from 2001–2013

BACKGROUND: The bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, mite-borne disease, which causes an acute febrile illness in patients. An epidemiologic study was conducted to understand the characteristics of scrub typhus in South Korea. FINDINGS: Reporting of tsutsugamushi d...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hyeong-Woo, Cho, Pyo Yun, Moon, Sung-Ung, Na, Byoung-Kuk, Kang, Yoon-Joong, Sohn, Youngjoo, Youn, Seung-Ki, Hong, Yeongseon, Kim, Tong-Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4416255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25928653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0858-6