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The burden of scrub typhus in India: A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus, a vector-borne zoonotic infection caused by the bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi, is one of the most common and clinically important rickettsial infections worldwide. An estimated one million cases occur annually with a high case fatality rate. Although scrub typhus is a maj...

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Autores principales: Devasagayam, Emily, Dayanand, Divya, Kundu, Debasree, Kamath, Mohan S., Kirubakaran, Richard, Varghese, George M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34314437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009619