Rising Menace of Scrub Typhus – Current Status and Challenges
Scrub typhus, an age old disease, is caused by the intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi. It has reemerged in recent years due to factors like climatic changes and human encroachment because of rampant urbanization. The disease is endemic in the area known as the ‘tsutsugamushi triangle’ an...
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| Language: | English |
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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | https://microbiologyjournal.org/rising-menace-of-scrub-typhus-current-status-and-challenges/ |