Misdiagnosis of scrub typhus as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and potential co-infection of both diseases in patients in Shandong Province, China, 2013-2014.

• Main Authors: Xiao-Lan Gu (Author), Rui Qi (Author), Wen-Qian Li (Author), Yong-Jun Jiao (Author), Hao Yu (Author), Xue-Jie Yu (Author)
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• Udgivet: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterium, along with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), caused by hantaviruses, are natural-focus infectious diseases prevalent in Shandong Province, China. Both disease...