First report of an orientia tsutsugamushi type TA716-related scrub typhus infection in thailand

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-193

  McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Blacksell, Stuart D ^b,c   Luksameetanasan, Rungnapa ^b   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^b   Jedsadapanpong, Wilairat ^b   Day, Nicholas P J ^b,c   Nosten, Francois ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Orientia tsutsugamushi; Pregnancy; Scrub typhus; TA716

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PARACETAMOL; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AZITHROMYCIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREGNANCY; SCRUB TYPHUS; VERO CELLS;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 77950579906     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0199     Document Type: Article

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