Evidence of natural infection of Orientia tsutsugamushi in vectors and animal hosts - Risk of scrub typhus transmission to humans in Puducherry, South India

• Hauptverfasser: Panneer Devaraju (Verfasst von), Bhuvaneswari Arumugam (Verfasst von), Iswaryalakshmi Mohan (Verfasst von), Mariselvam Paraman (Verfasst von), Mathivanan Ashokkumar (Verfasst von), Gunasekaran Kasinathan (Verfasst von), Jambulingam Purushothaman (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Scrub typhus infection is endemic in India and reported to be the major cause for acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in humans. Periodic occurrence of scrub typhus cases and presence of pathogen in rodents were also reported in areas with human cases of scrub typhus in Puducherry. Objecti...