Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan

Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan

Underdiagnosis and underreporting of scrub typhus has increasingly affected public health in Bhutan since its initial detection in 2008. Identifying scrub typhus risk factors would support early diagnosis and treatment for this nonspecific febrile disease, reducing the incidence of potentially fata...

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Main Authors: Tandin Zangpo, Yoenten Phuentshok, Kezang Dorji, Chencho Dorjee, Sithar Dorjee, Peter Jolly, Roger Morris, Nelly Marquetoux, Joanna McKenzie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
scrub typhus
environmental risk factor
occupational risk factor
demographic risk factor
clinical scrub typhus
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/5/22-1430_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/5/22-1430_article

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