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Scrub Typhus among Febrile Children in a Tertiary Care Center of Central Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, obligate intracellular bacteria, transmitted by chigger mites. Scrub typhus is an emerging febrile illness with clinical suspicion being the only key to diagnosis. This study was conducted to find out the...

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Autores principales: Bhandari, Isha, Malla, Kalpana Karmacharya, Ghimire, Pukar, Bhandari, Bibek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34508431
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6166