Simple clinical and laboratory predictors to improve empirical treatment strategies in areas of high scrub typhus and dengue endemicity, central Vietnam.

• Main Authors: Hanh Thi Duc Tran (Author), Christian Schindler (Author), Thuy Thi Thanh Pham (Author), Mai Quang Vien (Author), Hung Manh Do (Author), Quyet Thi Ngo (Author), Trieu Bao Nguyen (Author), Hang Thi Hai Hoang (Author), Lan Thi Hoang Vu (Author), Esther Schelling (Author), Daniel H Paris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Dengue fever is highly endemic in Vietnam, but scrub typhus-although recognized as an endemic disease-remains underappreciated. These diseases together are likely to account for more than half of the acute undifferentiated fever burden in Vietnam. Scrub typhus (ST) is...