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

Authors :: Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian
Vasanthapuram, Ravi
Machado, Leonard
Arunkumar, Govindakarnavar
Sodha, Samir V.
Zaman, Kamran
Bhatnagar, Tarun
Hameed, Shafeeq K. Shahul
Kumar, Arun
Abdulmajeed, Jazeel
Velayudhan, Anoop
Deoshatwar, Avinash
Desai, Anita S.
Kumar, K. Hemanth
Gupta, Nivedita
Laserson, Kayla
Murhekar, Manoj
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. December, 2018, Vol. 24 Issue 12, p2364, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) with high case-fatality rates have been reported from Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India, for >2 decades. These outbreaks occur during monsoon and postmonsoon seasons [...]

Subjects :: Uttar Pradesh, India -- Health aspects
Children -- Health aspects
Risk assessment -- Analysis
Scrub typhus -- Risk factors -- Research
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