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A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus
Scrub typhus is a serious public health problem in the Asia-Pacific area. It threatens one billion people globally, and causes illness in one million people each year. Caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, scrub typhus can result in severe multiorgan failure with a case fatality rate up to 70% without a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5687757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29099844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006062 |