Prevalence of scrub typhus in pyrexia of unknown origin and assessment of interleukin-8, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interferon-gamma levels in scrub typhus-positive patients | Zendy

Asfia Sultan | Zendy; Meher Rizvi | Zendy; Madhav Chowdhry | Zendy; Mohd Azam | Zendy; Fatima Khan | Zendy; Indu Shukla | Zendy; Haris M. Khan | Zendy

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Prevalence of scrub typhus in pyrexia of unknown origin and assessment of interleukin-8, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interferon-gamma levels in scrub typhus-positive patients

Author(s) -

Asfia Sultan,

Meher Rizvi,

Madhav Chowdhry,

Mohd Azam,

Fatima Khan,

Indu Shukla,

Haris M. Khan

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

indian journal of pathology and microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 0974-5130

pISSN - 0377-4929

DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_644_16

Subject(s) - scrub typhus , medicine , tumor necrosis factor alpha , rickettsiosis , alpha (finance) , immunology , pathology , rickettsia , surgery , virus , construct validity , patient satisfaction

Scrub typhus is lesser known cause of fever of unknown origin in India. Even if there have been reports documenting the prevalence of scrub typhus in different parts of India, it is still an unknown entity, and clinicians usually do not consider it as differential diagnosis. The present study was performed to document the prevalence of scrub typhus among febrile patients in western part of Uttar Pradesh and to assess the clinical profile of infected patients on the one hand and knowledge, attitude, and practices among clinicians on the other.

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