A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus.
Scrub typhus is a serious public health problem in the Asia-Pacific area. It threatens one billion people globally, and causes illness in one million people each year. Caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, scrub typhus can result in severe multiorgan failure with a case fatality rate up to 70% without a...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:72290fe3b3244668b7c8d74116ce6512 2023-05-15T15:02:28+02:00 A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus. Guang Xu David H Walker Daniel Jupiter Peter C Melby Christine M Arcari 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006062 https://doaj.org/article/72290fe3b3244668b7c8d74116ce6512 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5687757?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006062 https://doaj.org/article/72290fe3b3244668b7c8d74116ce6512 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 11, p e0006062 (2017) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006062 2022-12-31T06:28:13Z Scrub typhus is a serious public health problem in the Asia-Pacific area. It threatens one billion people globally, and causes illness in one million people each year. Caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, scrub typhus can result in severe multiorgan failure with a case fatality rate up to 70% without appropriate treatment. The antigenic heterogeneity of O. tsutsugamushi precludes generic immunity and allows reinfection. As a neglected disease, there is still a large gap in our knowledge of the disease, as evidenced by the sporadic epidemiologic data and other related public health information regarding scrub typhus in its endemic areas. Our objective is to provide a systematic analysis of current epidemiology, prevention and control of scrub typhus in its long-standing endemic areas and recently recognized foci of infection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Pacific PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11 11 e0006062 |
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Scrub typhus is a serious public health problem in the Asia-Pacific area. It threatens one billion people globally, and causes illness in one million people each year. Caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, scrub typhus can result in severe multiorgan failure with a case fatality rate up to 70% without appropriate treatment. The antigenic heterogeneity of O. tsutsugamushi precludes generic immunity and allows reinfection. As a neglected disease, there is still a large gap in our knowledge of the disease, as evidenced by the sporadic epidemiologic data and other related public health information regarding scrub typhus in its endemic areas. Our objective is to provide a systematic analysis of current epidemiology, prevention and control of scrub typhus in its long-standing endemic areas and recently recognized foci of infection. |
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A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus. |
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A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus. |
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A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus. |
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