학술논문
Scrub Typhus Leading to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Assam, India
Document Type
article
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 148-150 (2017)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
14109956
1080-6059
14109956
Abstract
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.