A systematic review of mortality from untreated scrub typhus (orientia tsutsugamushi)

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Taylor, Andrew J ^a,b   Paris, Daniel H ^a,b,c   Newton, Paul N ^a,b  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SCRUB TYPHUS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; PATHOGENICITY;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RISK FACTORS; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 84940650251     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003971     Document Type: Article

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