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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0912.030212
Personal Author:
Lewis, Michael D. ; Yousuf, Abdul Azeez ; Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ; Razee, Ahmed ; Chandranoi, Kirkvitch ; ... More +
Lewis, Michael D. ; Yousuf, Abdul Azeez ; Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ; Razee, Ahmed ; Chandranoi, Kirkvitch ; Jones, James W. Less -
Description:
In summer 2002, an outbreak of febrile illness began in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Through April 2003, officials recorded 168 cases with 10 deaths. The Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangkok confirmed Orientia tsutsugamushi and conducted a joint investigation with the Ministry of Health, Maldives. These cases of scrub typhus were the first in the Maldives since World War II.
Subject:
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Animals
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Humans
Orientia Tsutsugamushi
Scrub Typhus
Trombiculidae

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 9(12):1638-1641.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Indian Ocean Islands
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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