Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of the Autumn-Winter Type Scrub Typhus Patients in Northern China
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Clinical characteristics of the autumn-winter type scrub typhus cases in south of Shandong province, northern China
BACKGROUND Before 1986, scrub typhus was only found endemic in southern China. Because human infections typically occur in the summer, it is called "summer type". During the autumn-winter period of 1986, a new type of scrub typhus was identified in Shandong and northern Jiangsu province of northern China. This newly recognized scrub typhus was subsequently reported in many areas of northern Chi...
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تاریخ انتشار 2008