Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of the Autumn-winter Type of Scrub Typhus Cases in a Peripheral Medical College of West Bengal, India

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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Main Authors:	INDRAJIT GUPTA, ABHILEKHA BISHWAS, SIMIT KUMAR
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd. 2022-07-01
Series:	National Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:	: acute febrile illness chiggers skin lesions
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

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