Scrub typhus in Uttarakhand, India: a common rickettsial disease in an uncommon geographical region

S Ahmad, S Srivastava, SK Verma, P Puri… - Tropical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Scrub typhus is a commonly encountered rickettsial disease of the Indian subcontinent.
Humans are infected accidentally and the case fatality can be significantly high if the
disease is not identified in time. We report nine cases of scrub typhus from the Garhwal
region of the newly created north Indian state of Uttarakhand, a region not previously known
to harbour the vector. Entomological studies are needed to study the density of the
vectorand to institute vector control measures in order to prevent this relatively benign, yet …

Scrub typhus in Uttarakhand, India: a common rickettsial disease in an uncommon geographical region.

SA Sohaib Ahmad, SS Saurabh Srivastava, SK Verma… - 2010 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Scrub typhus is a commonly encountered rickettsial disease of the Indian subcontinent.
Humans are infected accidentally and the case fatality can be significantly high if the
disease is not identified in time. We report nine cases of scrub typhus from the Garhwal
region of the newly created north Indian state of Uttarakhand, a region not previously known
to harbour the vector. Entomological studies are needed to study the density of the vector
and to institute vector control measures in order to prevent this relatively benign, yet …
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