Scrub typhus in Jiangsu Province, China: epidemiologic features and spatial risk analysis
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Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of an Outbreak with Scrub Typhus in Previously Unrecognized Areas, Jiangsu Province, China 2013
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, has emerged recently in Jingjiang City, China where the disease had not been known to exist. We analyzed epidemiological data, clinical characteristics and risk factors of scrub typhus outbreak in Jingjiang City, 2013. The 271 clinically diagnosed patients were predominantly farmers 50 to 69 years old and the peak of onset was early to mid-Novembe...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3271-x