Sero-epidemiology of scrub typhus among suspected cases in selected areas of Nepal
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Scrub Typhus in Nepal
Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease, reported from many Asian countries including Nepal [1]. It is a zoonotic disease transmitted by the blood sucking larva (chigger) of the arthropod, mite. The causative agent of this disease, that is transmitted through the bite of the chigger is Orientia tsutsugamushi, an obligate intracellular organism. Though there are recent reports of this infection, n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Access Microbiology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2516-8290
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0013