Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have been occurring in Gorakhpur Division, Uttar Pradesh, India, for several years. In 2016, we conducted a case–control study. Our findings revealed a high proportion of AES cases with Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM and IgG, indicating that scrub typhus is...

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Autores principales: Mittal, Mahima, Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, Rose, Winsley, Verghese, Valsan Philip, Kumar, C.P. Girish, Mittal, Mahim, Sabarinathan, R., Bondre, Vijay, Gupta, Nivedita, Murhekar, Manoj V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726617
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170025
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Sumario:Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have been occurring in Gorakhpur Division, Uttar Pradesh, India, for several years. In 2016, we conducted a case–control study. Our findings revealed a high proportion of AES cases with Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM and IgG, indicating that scrub typhus is a cause of AES.

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