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A Systematic Review of Mortality from Untreated Scrub Typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)

BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus, a bacterial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is increasingly recognized as an important cause of fever in Asia, with an estimated one million infections occurring each year. Limited access to health care and the disease’s non-specific symptoms mean that many pati...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Andrew J., Paris, Daniel H., Newton, Paul N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26274584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003971