Open AccessScrub Typhus: An under-reported and emerging threat - hospital based study from central and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Author(s) -
Vineeta Mittal,
Peetam Singh,
Surabhi Shukla,
Ritu Karoli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of vector borne diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.581
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0972-9062
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9062.318311
Subject(s) - scrub typhus , medicine , leptospirosis , malaria , dengue fever , epidemiology , typhoid fever , eschar , murine typhus , orientia tsutsugamushi , veterinary medicine , rickettsia typhi , typhus , immunology , virology , surgery
Scrub typhus is a zoonotic rickettsial disease that is transmitted by the bite of the larval stage (chiggers) of trombiculid mites. The aim of this study was to determine the existence of scrub typhus in central and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India in patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) presenting to a super specialty tertiary level institute.