Scrub typhus strikes back: are we ready?

R Tilak, R Kunte - medical journal armed forces india, 2019 - Elsevier
Scrub typhus has struck back, albeit with renewed vigour, impacting areas with previously
known endemicity as also impressing newer expanses. It is not surprising, therefore, that …

Investigations of seasonal outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome due to Orientia tsutsugamushi in Gorakhpur region, India: A One Health case study

MV Murhekar, JWV Thangaraj… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Gorakhpur division consisting of Gorakhpur and neighboring districts Deoria, Kushinagar
and Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, India, have been witnessing seasonal outbreaks of acute …

An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Nepal: confirmation of local transmission

M Dhimal, SP Dumre, GN Sharma, P Khanal… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Scrub typhus is a largely ignored tropical disease and a leading cause of
undifferentiated febrile illness in the areas of tsutsugamushi triangle caused by Orientia …

Scrub typhus, a salient threat: Needs attention

K Zaman - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Scrub typhus (ST) infection is one of the most significant causes of acute undifferentiated
febrile illness, and its prevalence has been increasing across the globe. Clinical suspicion …

Ecological and behavioural risk factors of scrub typhus in central Vietnam: a case-control study

HTD Tran, J Hattendorf, HM Do, TT Hoang… - Infectious diseases of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The risk factors for scrub typhus in Vietnam remain unknown. Scrub typhus
caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi often presents as an undifferentiated febrile illness and …

[HTML][HTML] Profile of acute encephalitis syndrome patients from South India

R Suma, M Netravathi, G Gururaj… - Journal of Global …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Record review of medical records of all patients attending neurology emergency
and outpatient services at NIMHANS Hospital, diagnosed with AES in 2019, was conducted …

Neglected scrub typhus: an updated review with a focus on omics technologies

D Sharma, A Sharma, B Singh, S Kumar… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Scrub typhus is a neglected disease and one of the most serious health problems in the Asia-
Pacific region. The disease is caused by an obligate intracellular bacteria Orientia …

Diagnostic markers of acute encephalitis syndrome and COVID‐associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children from Southern India

T Damodar, C Dunai, N Prabhu, M Jose… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in children poses a significant public health challenge in
India. This study aims to explore the utility of host inflammatory mediators and neurofilament …

Seroprevalence & seroincidence of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India: A community-based serosurvey during lean (April-May) & …

S Kamble, A Mane, S Sane, S Sonavale… - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Two community-based serosurveys were conducted during lean (April-May 2016)
and epidemic AES (October-November 2016) periods. A total of 1085 and 906 individuals …

Genotypic Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi Isolated From Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Acute Febrile Illness Cases in the Gorakhpur Area, Uttar …

N Nanaware, D Desai, A Banerjee, K Zaman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Scrub typhus infections caused by Orientiatsutsugamushi (OT), continue to remain
underdiagnosed globally, due to the lack of distinctive symptoms. The elusive nature of the …