Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of the Autumn-winter Type of Scrub Typhus Cases in a Peripheral Medical College of West Bengal, India
Introduction: Scrub typhus is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, obligate intracellular gram negative bacteria. It is transmitted by the larval stage of mites (“chiggers”) in the family Trombiculidae. The disease is endemic in many parts of India and continues to b...
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JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2022-07-01
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| Series: | National Journal of Laboratory Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://www.njlm.net/articles/PDF/2663/56693_CE[NIK]_F(SHU)_PF1(AG_SHU)_PFA(SHU)_PB(AG_SHU)_PN(SHU).pdf |