Risk Factors for Acquiring Scrub Typhus among Children in Deoria and Gorakhpur Districts, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian ; Vasanthapuram, Ravi ; Machado, Leonard ; Arunkumar, Govindakarnavar ; Sodha, Samir V. ; Zaman, Kamran ; Bhatnagar, Tarun ; Hameed, Shafeeq K. Shahul ; Kumar, Arun ; Abdulmajeed, Jazeel ; Velayudhan, Anoop ; Deoshatwar, Avinash ; Desai, Anita S. ; Kumar, K. Hemanth ; Gupta, Nivedita ; Laserson, Kayla ; Murhekar, Manoj
• Corporate Authors:
  Scrub Typhus Risk Factor Study Group
• Description:
  Scrub typhus is associated with outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome in Uttar Pradesh, India. A case-control study indicated that children residing, playing, or visiting fields; living with firewood stored indoors; handling cattle fodder; and practicing open defecation were at increased risk for scrub typhus. Communication messages should focus on changing these behaviors.
• Subjects:
  Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Bacteria Bacterial Infection Dispatch Orientia Tsutsugamushi Rickettsial Diseases Risk Factors Scrub Typhus Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(12):2364-2367
• Pubmed ID:
  30457537
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6256400
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9dfaa920754de9ba46b472e696ad4d529baca786ab46e6897e34e8e975f889a5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61354/cdc_61354_DS1.pdf
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