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A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application
Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal mite-borne febrile illness, primarily of the Asia-Pacific Rim. With an endemic area greater than 13 million km(2) and millions of people at risk, scrub typhus remains an underreported, often misdiagnosed febrile illness. A comprehensive, updatable map of the true...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26678263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004161 |
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author | Kelly, Daryl J. Foley, Desmond H. Richards, Allen L. |
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description | Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal mite-borne febrile illness, primarily of the Asia-Pacific Rim. With an endemic area greater than 13 million km(2) and millions of people at risk, scrub typhus remains an underreported, often misdiagnosed febrile illness. A comprehensive, updatable map of the true distribution of cases has been lacking, and therefore the true risk of disease within the very large endemic area remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to establish a database and map to track human scrub typhus. An online search using PubMed and the United States Armed Forces Pest Management Board Literature Retrieval System was performed to identify articles describing human scrub typhus cases both within and outside the traditionally accepted endemic regions. Using World Health Organization guidelines, stringent criteria were used to establish diagnoses for inclusion in the database. The preliminary screening of 181 scrub typhus publications yielded 145 publications that met the case criterion, 267 case records, and 13 serosurvey records that could be georeferenced, describing 13,739 probable or confirmed human cases in 28 countries. A map service has been established within VectorMap (www.vectormap.org) to explore the role that relative location of vectors, hosts, and the pathogen play in the transmission of mite-borne scrub typhus. The online display of scrub typhus cases in VectorMap illustrates their presence and provides an up-to-date geographic distribution of proven scrub typhus cases. |
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spelling | pubmed-46830662015-12-31 A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application Kelly, Daryl J. Foley, Desmond H. Richards, Allen L. PLoS Negl Trop Dis Review Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal mite-borne febrile illness, primarily of the Asia-Pacific Rim. With an endemic area greater than 13 million km(2) and millions of people at risk, scrub typhus remains an underreported, often misdiagnosed febrile illness. A comprehensive, updatable map of the true distribution of cases has been lacking, and therefore the true risk of disease within the very large endemic area remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to establish a database and map to track human scrub typhus. An online search using PubMed and the United States Armed Forces Pest Management Board Literature Retrieval System was performed to identify articles describing human scrub typhus cases both within and outside the traditionally accepted endemic regions. Using World Health Organization guidelines, stringent criteria were used to establish diagnoses for inclusion in the database. The preliminary screening of 181 scrub typhus publications yielded 145 publications that met the case criterion, 267 case records, and 13 serosurvey records that could be georeferenced, describing 13,739 probable or confirmed human cases in 28 countries. A map service has been established within VectorMap (www.vectormap.org) to explore the role that relative location of vectors, hosts, and the pathogen play in the transmission of mite-borne scrub typhus. The online display of scrub typhus cases in VectorMap illustrates their presence and provides an up-to-date geographic distribution of proven scrub typhus cases. Public Library of Science 2015-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4683066/ /pubmed/26678263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004161 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration, which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. |
spellingShingle | Review Kelly, Daryl J. Foley, Desmond H. Richards, Allen L. A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application |
title | A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application |
title_full | A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application |
title_fullStr | A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application |
title_full_unstemmed | A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application |
title_short | A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application |
title_sort | spatiotemporal database to track human scrub typhus using the vectormap application |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26678263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004161 |
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