A Study of Clinico - Laboratory Profile of Scrub Typhus in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Telangana

Authors

  • G.Sowjanya, V.Praveen Kumar, Archana.ARK , G.Swetha Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48047/

Keywords:

Scrub typhus, , Orientia tsutsugamushi, Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Eschar, Doxycycline

Abstract

Introduction: Scrub typhus is a re-emerging infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (formerly Rickettsia) and is transmitted to humans by an arthropod vector of the Trombiculidae family (Leptotrombidium deliense and L. akamushi).
Materials and Methods: The prospective study was conducted in Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana. The study was conducted from November 2018 to November 2019. The aim of this study is to report the antibodies of scrub typhus and to assess the clinical features and outcomes of scrub typhus among the patients attending a tertiary care hospital.

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Published

2020-03-14

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020): volume 11 issue 1 (2020)

Section

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