Scrub typhus cases in a teaching hospital in Penghu, Taiwan, 2006-2010

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Wang, Ying Chuan ^a   Chen, Po Chuan ^a   Lee, Kwai Fong ^a   Wu, Yu Cheng ^a   Chiu, Chun Hsiang ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chigger; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Penghu; Pescadores Islands; Rodents; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACKACHE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILL; COUGH HEADACHE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INGUINAL REGION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SORE THROAT; SPRING; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONS; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875173454     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1059     Document Type: Article

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