Clinical characteristics and risk factors for severe scrub typhus in pediatric and elderly patients.

Clinical characteristics and risk factors for severe scrub typhus in pediatric and elderly patients.

<h4>Background</h4>Scrub typhus (ST) is a life-threatening infectious disease if appropriate treatment is unavailable. Large discrepancy of clinical severity of ST patients was reported among age groups, and the underlying risk factors for severe disease are unclear.<h4>Methods<...

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Main Authors: Xiu-Gang Guan, Yue-Hong Wei, Bao-Gui Jiang, Shi-Xia Zhou, An-Ran Zhang, Qing-Bin Lu, Zi-Wei Zhou, Jin-Jin Chen, Hai-Yang Zhang, Yang Ji, Yang Yang, Li-Qun Fang, Hao Li, Zhi-Cong Yang, Wei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010357

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010357

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