Scrub typhus: Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and prognosis

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-264

  Rajapakse, Senaka ^a   Rodrigo, Chaturaka ^a   Fernando, Deepika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCUBATION TIME; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROGNOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 84858778495     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60036-4     Document Type: Article

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