Background Diagnosing scrub typhus clinically is difficult, hence laboratory tests play a very
important role in diagnosis. As performing sophisticated laboratory tests in resource-limited …

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness in the “tsutsugamushi triangle”, transmitted by
chiggers that can be treated effectively if detected early. Laboratory testing, including …

Diagnosis of scrub typhus, caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, is challenging
because of the overlap of its non-specific symptoms with other infections coupled with the …

Background In the past decade, scrub typhus cases have been reported across India, even
in regions that had no previous history of the disease. In the North-East Indian state of …

Background Scrub typhus is a neglected tropical disease that causes acute febrile illness.
Diagnosis is made based upon serology, or detection of the causative agent–Orientia …

Background: Differentiating scrub typhus from other acute febrile illness is difficult due to non
specificity of clinical symptoms and relative absence of eschar in Indian population. The …

Aim Evaluation of a new ST IgM Immunochromatography (ICT) test kit (InBios Scrub Typhus
Detect IgM Rapid Test) and compare it with another rapid kit, conventional ELISA kit and …

Background Little information is available about malaria and scrub typhus co-infection. This
study aimed to investigate the pooled prevalence of malaria and scrub typhus co-infection in …

Background Scrub typhus is a rickettsiosis which is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and
occurs throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Molecular diagnosis of rickettsioses using eschar …

Scrub typhus is a vector borne disease which in a proportion of patients causes multiorgan
involvement and death if untreated. Infecting genotype and virulence factors play a role in …