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.
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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/PMC5547812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726617
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170025
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author 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.
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Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian
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description 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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spelling pubmed-55478122017-08-08 Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 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. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5547812/ /pubmed/28726617 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170025 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.
spellingShingle Research Letter
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.
Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
title Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
title_full Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
title_fullStr Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
title_full_unstemmed Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
title_short Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
title_sort scrub typhus as a cause of acute encephalitis syndrome, gorakhpur, uttar pradesh, india
topic Research Letter
url 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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