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. 2017 Aug;23(8):1414-1416.
doi: 10.3201/eid2308.170025.

Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mahima Mittal, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Winsley Rose, Valsan Philip Verghese, C P Girish Kumar, Mahim Mittal, R Sabarinathan, Vijay Bondre, Nivedita Gupta, Manoj V Murhekar

Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mahima Mittal et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have been occurring in Gorakhpur Division, Uttar Pradesh, India, for several years. In 2016, we conducted a case-control study. Our findings revealed a high proportion of AES cases with Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM and IgG, indicating that scrub typhus is a cause of AES.

Keywords: Gorakhpur; India; Uttar Pradesh; acute encephalitis syndrome; meningitis/encephalitis; scrub typhus; vector-borne infections.

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