Epidemiology and clinical aspects of rickettsioses in Thailand

• Main Authors: Y. Suputtamongkol, C. Suttinont, K. Niwatayakul, S. Hoontrakul, R. Limpaiboon, W. Chierakul, K. Losuwanaluk, W. Saisongkork
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/27090

Scrub typhus and murine typhus are widespread in Thailand. Clinical manifestations of both diseases are nonspecific and vary widely. Acute undifferentiated fever (AUF), with or without organ dysfunction, is a major clinical presentation of these two diseases. The epidemiology and clinical manifestat...