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. 2023 Jul 3;109(3):499-500.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0105. Print 2023 Sep 6.

Multiple Eschars in Scrub Typhus

Harpreet Singh  1 , Suresh Selvam  1 , Vikas Suri  1 , Manisha Biswal  2 , Ashish Bhalla  1
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Multiple Eschars in Scrub Typhus

Harpreet Singh et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Eschar on the left gluteal region with characteristic brownish black crust surrounded by annular red halo. (B) Eschar near the right popliteal region with characteristic brownish black crust surrounded by annular red halo. (C) Gel electrophoresis image of results of nested polymerase chain reaction for the detection of 56 kDa gene (partial) of Orientia tsutsugamushi.
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