Scrub typhus association with autoimmune biomarkers and clinical implications. by Hwanseung You, Jeongeun Song, Seonglyeong Kim, Sang-Min Oh, Joo-Hee Hwang, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Wan-Hee Yoo, Yunjung Choi, Chang-Seop Lee

“…<h4>Background</h4>Scrub typhus, a disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, triggers systemic vasculitis and is prevalent in Eastern and Southern Asia. …”
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Scrub Typhus and Influenza A Co-Infection: A Case Report by Chie Yamamoto, Ayano Maruyama, Jun Munakata, Tasuku Matsuyama, Keitaro Furukawa, Ryosuke Hamashima, Motohiko Ogawa, Yuki Hashimoto, Akiko Fukuda, Tohru Inaba, Yoko Nukui

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Acute Severe Calculous Cholecystitis with Multiorgan Failure Complicated by Scrub Typhus by Suman Acharya, Jayant Kumar Yadav, Nischal Khanal, Raju Bhandari, Bikal Ghimire

“…Scrub typhus is a rare etiology of acute cholecystitis. …”
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Scrub Typhus Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Case Report by Maharshi Patel, Sourya Acharya, Samarth Shukla, Shubham Nimkar, Sunil Kumar

“…Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. …”
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Coinfection of malaria and scrub typhus in a toddler: First report from South India by Nandini Vasudevan, Sawantharia Jaganathan, Priya Jose, Peter Prasanth Kumar Kommu

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Scrub typhus in pregnancy: A 10-year multicenter study in resource-limited settings in China. by Peilin Zhao, Tieyong Dong, Hongbin Lu, Rui Zhu, Shanshan Zhao, Wuqian Tao, Li Li, Chunmei Liu, Shuwei Pu, Ling Mo, Huanhuan Wang

“…<h4>Background</h4>Despite its association with high mortality rates and negative fetal outcomes, large-scale epidemiological studies on scrub typhus (ST) during pregnancy remain scarce.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study by collecting 260 pregnant women with ST in China across a 10-year time period to evaluate how clinical characteristics changed over this time and identify risk factors for poor fetal outcome.…”
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Rare Neurological Manifestations of Scrub Typhus: Case Series from a Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala, India by NR Salini, T Sreena Sreekumar, Sudharmma Ramakrishnan, S Srikantan, Jacob Antony

“…Scrub Typhus has emerged as an important cause of acute febrile illness in various parts of India over the last decade. …”
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Dengue and Scrub Typhus Co-infection at a Tertiary Care Centre in Nepal: A Case Series in Pediatric Patients by Sriram KC, Bulbul Pradhan, Inesh Khanal, Aakripa Rani Shrestha

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A CRISPR-Cas12a-based universal rapid scrub typhus diagnostic method targeting 16S rRNA of Orientia tsutsugamushi. by Bum Ju Park, Sang Taek Heo, Misun Kim, Jeong Rae Yoo, Eun Jin Bae, Su Yeon Kang, Sunghoon Park, Kyeo Re Han, Keun Hwa Lee, Jae Myun Lee, Hyeyoung Lee, Yoon-Jae Song

“…Scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi infection and occurs frequently in an area called the Tsutsugamushi Triangle. …”
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Comparative Study of Chikungunya Only and Chikungunya-Scrub Typhus Coinfection in Children: Findings from a Hospital-Based Observational Study from Central Nepal by Santosh Pathak, Nagendra Chaudhary, Prativa Dhakal, Sanjay Ray Yadav, Binod Kumar Gupta, Om Prakash Kurmi

“…Objectives. Chikungunya and scrub typhus infection are important causes of undifferentiated fever in tropical zones. …”
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Journal Watch Updates by Vikram S Kumar

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Zoonotic Diseases in India: A Growing Concern by Mamata Panda

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A Life Threatening Rash, an Unexpected Cause by Dhiraj Jain, Stalin Viswanathan, Chandramohan Ramasamy

“…Intensive sepsis management was to no avail, until institution of doxycycline therapy following confirmation of scrub typhus. Empirical doxycycline needs to be considered in endemic areas for patients presenting with purpura fulminans.…”
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Bilateral Sensorineural Deafness in a Young Pregnant Female Presenting with a Fever: A Rare Complication of a Reemerging Disease—Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses by A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, D. R. Palangasinghe, C. L. Fonseka, P. U. T. De Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, N. J. Dahanayaka

“…They are subdivided into three groups as typhus, spotted fever, and scrub typhus group. Complications such as reversible bilateral deafness due to spotted fever rickettsioses are infrequently reported in the literature. …”
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A Novel Strain of <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> Detected from Chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) on Wild Rodents by Hak Seon Lee, Seong Yoon Kim, Hee Il Lee

“…Scrub typhus is caused by intracellular bacteria belonging to the genus <i>Orientia</i>. …”
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Etiology and Outcomes of ARDS in a Rural-Urban Fringe Hospital of South India by Tarun George, Stalin Viswanathan, Ali Hasan Faiz Karnam, Georgi Abraham

“…Study had 61 patients; 46 had acute lung injury at admission. Scrub typhus was the commonest cause (7/61) and tropical infections contributed to 26% of total cases. …”
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A Pilot Seroprevalence Study Suggests Silent Zika virus Transmission in Bhopal Region of Central India by Shashwati Nema, Dipesh Kale, Romesh Jain, Ajay Halder, Manisha Shrivastava, Deepak Vaishnav, Ashvini Kumar Yadav, Divya Namdeo, Debasis Biswas

“…Materials and Methods: We screened a group of 75 febrile patients who had already tested negative for the locally endemic causes of fever like dengue, chikungunya, enteric fever, malaria, and scrub typhus and two groups of asymptomatic healthy individuals represented by blood donors (n = 75) and antenatal mothers (n = 75). …”
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A scoping review of the impacts of forest cover dynamics on acari-borne diseases: Beyond forest fragmentation by Nolwenn Blache, Karine Chalvet-Monfray, Christophe Déprés, Serge Morand

“…Finally, our review identifies a notable absence of studies on scrub typhus.This scoping review provides a novel and comprehensive overview of global literature on the impacts of forest cover dynamics on Acari vectors and the infectious agents they transmit. …”
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