Rickettsial infections and their clinical presentations in the Western Province of Sri Lanka: a hospital-based study
Author(s) -
R. Premaratna,
Amanda D. Loftis,
T.G.A.N. Chandrasena,
Gregory A. Dasch,
H.J. de Silva
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.06.009
Subject(s) - scrub typhus , orientia tsutsugamushi , medicine , spotted fever , doxycycline , sri lanka , rash , rickettsiosis , dengue fever , typhoid fever , dermatology , pediatrics , antibiotics , rickettsia , immunology , virology , biology , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , history , ethnology , south asia
Rickettsial infections are re-emerging. A study of the geographical distribution of rickettsial infections, their clinical manifestations, and their complications would facilitate early diagnosis.
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