"Orientia tsutsugamushi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A gram-negative, rod-shaped to coccoid bacterium. It is the etiologic agent of SCRUB TYPHUS in humans and is transmitted by mites from rodent reservoirs.
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D012285
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.647.650.550 B03.660.050.765.650.600
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Orientia tsutsugamushi" by people in Profiles.
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Eschar: An indispensable clue for the diagnosis of scrub typhus and COVID-19 co-infection during the ongoing pandemic. J Postgrad Med. 2021 Apr-Jun; 67(2):117-118.
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Risk factors for acquisition of scrub typhus in children admitted to a tertiary centre and its surrounding districts in South India: a case control study. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 26; 19(1):665.
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Genetic diversity of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains from patients in north India. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jul; 84:131-135.
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Hospitalisations and outpatient visits for undifferentiated fever attributable to scrub typhus in rural South India: Retrospective cohort and nested case-control study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 02; 13(2):e0007160.
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: comparison with scrub typhus and clinical diagnostic prediction. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 19; 19(1):174.
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The scrub typhus in mainland China: spatiotemporal expansion and risk prediction underpinned by complex factors. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019; 8(1):909-919.
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Risk Factors for Acquiring Scrub Typhus among Children in Deoria and Gorakhpur Districts, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 12; 24(12):2364-2367.
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Dysfunction of Circulating Natural Killer T Cells in Patients With Scrub Typhus. J Infect Dis. 2018 10 20; 218(11):1813-1821.
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Distinguishing Japanese Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus, Central Japan, 2004- 2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 09; 24(9):1633-1641.
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Dual Genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection in Patient with Rash and Eschar, Vietnam, 2016. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 08; 24(8):1520-1523.