Scrub Typhus Leading to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Assam, India

To determine the contribution of Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus, as a cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Assam, India, we conducted a retrospective study of hospital patients with symptoms of AES during 2013–2015. Our findings suggest that O. tsutsugamushi infection leads to AES and the resulting illness and death.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2017-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.3201/eid2301.161038PMID 27875108PMCID 5176214
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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