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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Unraveling Complexity: Deep Vein Thrombosis as an Intriguing Complication of Scrub Typhus Infection by Anurag Bhattacharjee, K Elancheralathan, Ashok Kumar, Ruru Ray, Rajkumar Thangavel, Sharath Rajkumar

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Retrospective analysis of spatiotemporal variation of scrub typhus in Yunnan Province, 2006-2022. by Zhuo Li, Shuzhen Deng, Tian Ma, Jiaxin Hao, Hao Wang, Xin Han, Menghan Lu, Shanjun Huang, Dongsheng Huang, Shuyuan Yang, Qing Zhen, Tiejun Shui

“…<h4>Background</h4>Scrub typhus is a life-threatening zoonotic infection. …”
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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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Burden of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness attending tertiary care hospital in Chitwan, Nepal by Sangita Thapa, Pradip Hamal, Navin Kumar Chaudhary, Lokendra Bahadur Sapkota, Jaya Prasad Singh

“…Objectives Scrub typhus is an emerging neglected tropical disease, reported from many parts of Asia including Nepal. …”
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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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Clinical and laboratory profile and its outcome in scrub typhus-positive acute febrile illness cases in the Pediatric Department of BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur by Anamika Chaudhary, Bhoopendra Sharma, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Priyanka Singh

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A case report of pediatric scrub typhus presenting as acalculous cholecystitis during the non-epidemic season without eschar by Ruonan Li, Yanchun Wang, Xiaotao Yang, Yonghan Luo

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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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The diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care nucleic acid-based isothermal amplification assays for scrub typhus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rashi Dixit, Sandeep Manikandan, John Antony Jude Prakash, Manisha Biswal, Dharitri Mohapatra, Natarajan Gopalan, G. Gnanamani, Sujit Kumar Behera

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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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Development of a colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay utilizing dual-antibody sandwich method for detecting Orientia tsutsugamushi by Qingyu Lu, Shiyin Yu, Sibo Wang, Min Cao, Liuxin Li, Miao Xin, Weilong Tan, Yong Qi, Yichen Lu, Xiaohui Xiong

“…In summary, an ICA which is sensitive, specific, and easy to operate was successfully established for the detection of O. tsutsugamushi in scrub typhus, potentially enabling early rapid point-of-care diagnosis of scrub typhus.…”
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