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. 1993 Oct;49(4):425-9.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1993.49.425.

A new focus of scrub typhus in tropical Australia

B Currie  1 , L O'Connor, B Dwyer
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A new focus of scrub typhus in tropical Australia

B Currie et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Oct.

Abstract

A new focus of scrub typhus (Rickettsia tsutsugamushi) is described in a remote rain forest region of the Northern Territory of Australia. Five serologically confirmed cases, two near fatal with multisystem involvement, have occurred since the area became accessible to tourists. As tourism increases, other remote foci of vectors and organisms may also be recognized in tropical Australia.

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