Acute Q Fever and Scrub Typhus, Southern Taiwan

Lai, Chung-Hsu; Chen, Yen-Hsu; Lin, Jiun-Nong; Chang, Lin-Li; Chen, Wei-Fang; Lin, Hsi-Hsun

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Acute Q Fever and Scrub Typhus, Southern Taiwan

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Oct 2009
By Lai, Chung-Hsu ; Chen, Yen-Hsu ; Lin, Jiun-Nong ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Lai, Chung-Hsu ; Chen, Yen-Hsu ; Lin, Jiun-Nong ; Chang, Lin-Li ; Chen, Wei-Fang ; Lin, Hsi-Hsun
Description:

Acute Q fever and scrub typhus are zoonoses endemic to southern Taiwan. Among the 137 patients with acute Q fever (89, 65.0%) or scrub typhus (43, 31.4%), we identified 5 patients (3.6%) who were co-infected with Coxiella burnetii and Orientia tsutsugamushi.
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Acute Disease Antibodies, Bacterial Bacteria Co-infection Coxiella Burnetii Cross Reactions Dispatch Humans Orientia Tsutsugamushi Q Fever Scrub Typhus Serologic Tests Taiwan Vector-borne Infections
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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(10):1659-1661.
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Journal Article
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15
Issue:

10
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:71d48ca227751f729061ee9cbdff3ac29a15dd24da9daaf4e0dd844e483801b8
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