Hospitalisations and outpatient visits for undifferentiated fever attributable to scrub typhus in rural South India: Retrospective cohort and nested case-control study.

BACKGROUND:The burden of scrub typhus in endemic areas is poorly understood. This study aimed at estimating the proportion of hospitalisations and outpatient visits for undifferentiated fever in the community that may be attributable to scrub typhus. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:The study was...

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Main Authors: Carol S Devamani, John A J Prakash, Neal Alexander, Motoi Suzuki, Wolf-Peter Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6405239?pdf=render