SCRUB TYPHUS IN INDIA: WHETHER INCREASED REPORTING OR EXPANDING GEOGRAPHIES?

Scrub typhus meningitis or meningoencephalitis.

Orientia tsutsugamushi induces vasculitis leading to symptoms of systemic organ invasion including meningitis and meningoencephalitis. We conducted a retrospective case-control study of scrub typhus patients to investigate the clinical and laboratory features of patients with scrub typhus meningitis or meningoencephalitis, and the therapeutic outcomes, and to determine the predictor factors. Ca...

Reporting a case of scrub typhus from Andhra Pradesh.

Scrub Typhus in the Karnal District of Punjab (India)

[This corrects the article on p. 621 in vol. 88.].

Scrub Typhus in the Kanal District of Punjab (India)

Epidemiology & risk factors of scrub typhus in south India

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Scrub typhus is a major public health threat in South and Southeastern Asian countries including India. Understanding local patterns of disease and factors that place individuals at risk is pivotal to future preventive measures against scrub typhus. The primary aim of this study was to identify specific epidemiological and geographical factors associated with an increase...