Performance of molecular and serologic tests for the diagnosis of scrub typhus.

• Main Authors: Kavitha Kannan (Author), Rebecca John (Author), Debasree Kundu (Author), Divya Dayanand (Author), Kundavaram P P Abhilash (Author), Alice Joan Mathuram (Author), Anand Zachariah (Author), Sowmya Sathyendra (Author), Samuel G Hansdak (Author), O C Abraham (Author), Karthik Gunasekaran (Author), Ramya Iyadurai (Author), Asha M Abraham (Author), John Antony Jude Prakash (Author), Binesh Lal Yesudhason (Author), Balaji Veeraraghavan (Author), M L Kavitha (Author), Linda R Jose (Author), M N Sumana (Author), Kavitha Saravu (Author), George M Varghese (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Diagnosis of scrub typhus, caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, is challenging because of the overlap of its non-specific symptoms with other infections coupled with the lack of sufficient data on the performance of diagnostic tests. Early diagnosis of scrub typhus is crucial to improve o...