Characteristics of pediatric scrub typhus in a new endemic region of Northern China

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1111-1114

  Liu, Yun Xi ^a   Jia, Na ^b   Suo, Ji Jiang ^a   Xing, Yu Bin ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Xiao, Hong Ju ^a   Jia, Ning ^a   Zhao, Zhong Tang ^c   Min, Jing Si ^d   Feng, Pei Tian ^e   Ma, Shu Bin ^f   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^g   Cao, Wu Chun ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Wanggou Town Hospital of Feixian County   (China)

^e Shangye Town Hospital of Feixian County   (China)

^f Fangcheng Town Hospital of Feixian County   (China)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Northern China; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILL; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCRUB TYPHUS; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 74049090337     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181af8287     Document Type: Article

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