Scrub Typhus Outbreak in a Remote Primary School, Bhutan, 2014

Scrub typhus in Bhutan was first reported in 2009. We investigated an outbreak of scrub typhus in a remote primary school during August–October 2014. Delay in recognition and treatment resulted in 2 deaths from meningoencephalitis. Scrub typhus warrants urgent public health interventions in Bhutan....

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Autores principales: Tshokey, Tshokey, Graves, Stephen, Tshering, Dorji, Phuntsho, Kelzang, Tshering, Karchung, Stenos, John
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726604
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.162021
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description Scrub typhus in Bhutan was first reported in 2009. We investigated an outbreak of scrub typhus in a remote primary school during August–October 2014. Delay in recognition and treatment resulted in 2 deaths from meningoencephalitis. Scrub typhus warrants urgent public health interventions in Bhutan.
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spelling pubmed-55477892017-08-08 Scrub Typhus Outbreak in a Remote Primary School, Bhutan, 2014 Tshokey, Tshokey Graves, Stephen Tshering, Dorji Phuntsho, Kelzang Tshering, Karchung Stenos, John Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Scrub typhus in Bhutan was first reported in 2009. We investigated an outbreak of scrub typhus in a remote primary school during August–October 2014. Delay in recognition and treatment resulted in 2 deaths from meningoencephalitis. Scrub typhus warrants urgent public health interventions in Bhutan. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5547789/ /pubmed/28726604 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.162021 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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Scrub Typhus Outbreak in a Remote Primary School, Bhutan, 2014
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