A Systematic Review of Mortality from Untreated Scrub Typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi).
<h4>Background</h4>Scrub typhus, a bacterial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is increasingly recognized as an important cause of fever in Asia, with an estimated one million infections occurring each year. Limited access to health care and the disease's non-specific symp...
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| Main Authors: | Andrew J Taylor, Daniel H Paris, Paul N Newton |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003971&type=printable |
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