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Risk Factors for Acquiring Scrub Typhus among Children in Deoria and Gorakhpur Districts, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017

Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Scrub typhus is associated with outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome in Uttar Pradesh, India. A case-control study indicated that children residing, playing, or visiting fields; living with firewood stored indoors; handling cattle fodder; and practicing open defecation were at increased risk for scrub typhus. Communication messages should focus on changing these behaviors.

Keywords: Deoria; Gorakhpur; India; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Uttar Pradesh; acute encephalitis syndrome; bacteria; bacterial infection; rickettsial diseases; risk factors; scrub typhus; zoonoses.

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