"Scrub Typhus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash.
| Descriptor ID |
D012612
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.780.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Scrub Typhus- Scrub Typhus
- Typhus, Scrub
- Tsutsugamushi Fever
- Fever, Tsutsugamushi
- Fevers, Tsutsugamushi
- Tsutsugamushi Fevers
- Tsutsugamushi Disease
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi
- Diseases, Tsutsugamushi
- Tsutsugamushi Diseases
- Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection
- Infection, Orientia tsutsugamushi
- Infections, Orientia tsutsugamushi
- Orientia tsutsugamushi Infections
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| 2017 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scrub Typhus" by people in Profiles.
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The Risk of Dengue and Scrub Typhus Overshadowed by COVID-19 in Nepal. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2021 07; 33(5):679-680.
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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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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a Child with Scrub Typhus and Macrophage Activation Syndrome. J Trop Pediatr. 2021 01 29; 67(1).
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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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Profile of Pediatric Scrub Typhus in Odisha, India. Indian Pediatr. 2019 04 15; 56(4):304-306.
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Predictors of Severity in Scrub Typhus. J Assoc Physicians India. 2019 Apr; 67(4):35-38.
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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.