Deciphering the Genotypic Diversity and Epidemiology of Scrub Typhus Genotypes in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

RK Nema, AK Singh, D Raj, P Gupta, RR Tiwari… - Microbial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Scrub typhus is a significant cause of Acute Febrile Illness in India and presents
a range of clinical manifestations influenced by the genotypes of the causative agent …

Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Novel Trombiculid Mite Species in Northern Tamil Nadu, India: Use of Targeting the Multicopy traD Gene

JAJ Prakash, K Kamarasu, PP Samuel… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi DNA in a trombiculid mite chigger species suggests that
it might be a potential vector of scrub typhus in an endemic area. Over a period of 20 mo, 85 …

Clinical, laboratory, and molecular epidemiology of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection from Southwestern India

K Chunduru, M AR, S Poornima, M Hande H… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple Orientia clusters and Th1-skewed chemokine profile: a cross-sectional study in patients with scrub typhus from Nepal

CCS Münch, BP Upadhaya, B Rayamajhee… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Scrub typhus is an emerging infectious disease in Asia caused by Orientia
tsutsugamushi (Ot). From Nepal, only scant data on the genetic epidemiology of this agent is …

Genotypic Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi Isolated From Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Acute Febrile Illness Cases in the Gorakhpur Area, Uttar …

N Nanaware, D Desai, A Banerjee, K Zaman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Scrub typhus infections caused by Orientiatsutsugamushi (OT), continue to remain
underdiagnosed globally, due to the lack of distinctive symptoms. The elusive nature of the …

Development and implementation of a strategy for early diagnosis and management of scrub typhus: an emerging public health threat

HK Jain, A Das, S Dixit, H Kaur, S Pati… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a re-emerging zoonotic disease in the
tropics with considerable morbidity and mortality rates. This disease, which is mostly …

Scrub typhus associated acute kidney injury: an emerging health problem in Odisha, India

M Bal, CR Kar, HK Behera, PC Kar… - Journal of Vector …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background & objectives: Acute kidney injury associated with scrub typhus is an emerging
health problem in the tropics including India. This study intended to find out the incidence …

Isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Culture from Vellore, South India

J Kumaraswamy, K Gunasekaran… - Vector-Borne and …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Orientia tsutsugamushi, causative agent of scrub typhus is an obligate
intracellular parasite. We present information on isolation of this pathogen at a tertiary care …

Genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi circulating in and around Vellore (South India) using TSA 56 gene

J Kumaraswamy, P Govindasamy, LS Nagarajan… - Indian Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose The immunodominant TSA 56 gene of Orientia tsutsugamushi,(scrub typhus agent)
has four variable regions (VD-I to VD-IV) making it useful for genotyping. This study was …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of InBios Scrub Typhus Detect IgM Rapid Test in acute fever cases from Southwest and East India

M Punekar, A Jayaram, P Varamballi… - Journal of Vector …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Methods: In this study, we compared and evaluated commercially available InBios Scrub
Typhus Detect IgM Rapid Test (USA) for diagnosing human scrub typhus infection using …