A case-control study of risk factors associated with scrub typhus infection in Beijing, China.

To investigate the risk factors of scrub typhus infection in Beijing, China, a case-control study was carried out. Cases (n = 56) were defined as persons who were diagnosed by PCR and serological method within three years. Three neighborhood control subjects were selected by matching for age and occ...

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Main Authors: Yanning Lyu, Lili Tian, Liqin Zhang, Xiangfeng Dou, Xiaomei Wang, Weihong Li, Xiuchun Zhang, Yulan Sun, Zengzhi Guan, Xinyu Li, Quanyi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3653850?pdf=render