Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mittal, Mahima ; Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian ; Rose, Winsley ; Verghese, Valsan Philip ; Kumar, C.P. Girish ; Mittal, Mahim ; Sabarinathan, R. ; Bondre, Vijay ; Gupta, Nivedita ; Murhekar, Manoj V.
• Description:
  Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have been occurring in Gorakhpur Division, Uttar Pradesh, India, for several years. In 2016, we conducted a case-control study. Our findings revealed a high proportion of AES cases with Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM and IgG, indicating that scrub typhus is a cause of AES.
• Subjects:
  Acute Febrile Encephalopathy Adolescent Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Infant Male Orientia Tsutsugamushi/Immunology Population Surveillance Scrub Typhus Seroepidemiologic Studies

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(8):1414-1416.
• Pubmed ID:
  28726617
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5547812
• Document Type:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2febbb5eb7751fb31707a103229198f982b8c61bce11246acd53f821da1f1d47
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47397/cdc_47397_DS1.pdf
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