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

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

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

Published Date:

December 2018

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(12):2364-2367

Language:

English

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Personal Authors:

Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian ; Vasanthapuram, Ravi ; Machado, Leonard ; Arunkumar, Govindakarnavar ; Sodha, Samir V. ; ... More ▼

Corporate Authors:

Scrub Typhus Risk Factor Study Group

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Pubmed ID:

30457537

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6256400

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.

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Journal Article

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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India

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