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Scrub Typhus

Scrub Typhus is an acute febrile illness within the category of rickettsial diseases, distinguished by its causation through infection with the bacterium *Orientia tsutsugamushi* transmitted primarily by the bite of infected chigger mites.

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Authors

959

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Publications per year

2017–2026

325

Variants

Tsutsugamushi Disease

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Human Infection with<i>Ehrlichia canis</i>, a Leukocytic Rickettsia

Koichi Maeda, Norman Markowitz, Miodrag Ristic et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1987 · 495 citations

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Structural and functional studies of the early T lymphocyte activation 1 (Eta-1) gene. Definition of a novel T cell-dependent response associated with genetic resistance to bacterial infection.

Roberto Patarca, Gordon J. Freeman, R. P. Singh et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1989 · 322 citations · Full text

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Isolation of a Novel <i>Orientia</i> Species ( <i>O. chuto</i> sp. nov.) from a Patient Infected in Dubai

Leonard Izzard, Andrew Fuller, Stuart D. Blacksell et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2010 · 301 citations

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Outbreak of Scrub Typhus in Southern India during the Cooler Months

E Mathai, Jean‐Marc Rolain, George M. Verghese et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 290 citations

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Scrub typhus infections poorly responsive to antibiotics in northern Thailand

George Watt, Charoen Chouriyagune, Ronnatrai Ruangweerayud et al. · The Lancet · 1996 · 276 citations

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Authors

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  1. SD
    Stuart D. Blacksell

    Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Thailand

    48 publications · 3K citations

    32

    h-index

  2. ND
    Nicholas Day

    Mahidol University, Thailand

    49 publications · 2.8K citations

    32

    h-index

  3. DH
    Daniel H. Paris

    Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Thailand

    43 publications · 2.5K citations

    28

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  4. AL
    Allen L. Richards

    Naval Medical Research Command, United States

    44 publications · 2K citations

    24

    h-index

  5. NC
    Nam‐Hyuk Cho

    Seoul National University, South Korea

    23 publications · 1.4K citations

    22

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Institutions

959

  1. Mahidol University

    Bangkok, Thailand

    41 h-index

    427 publications

    22.7K citations

  2. Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

    Bangkok, Thailand

    39 h-index

    366 publications

    20.4K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    34 h-index

    228 publications

    12.5K citations

  4. Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science

    Bangkok, Thailand

    33 h-index

    212 publications

    10.8K citations

  5. Christian Medical College, Vellore

    Vellore, India

    33 h-index

    337 publications

    22.6K citations

  6. Naval Medical Research Command

    Silver Spring, United States

    31 h-index

    221 publications

    11.1K citations

  7. Seoul National University

    Seoul, South Korea

    27 h-index

    212 publications

    13.2K citations

  8. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

    Silver Spring, United States

    25 h-index

    90 publications

    4.6K citations

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  1. 42

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  2. PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    65 publications · 3K citations

    35

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 105 publications · 3.6K citations

    31

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  4. Emerging infectious diseases

    EID · 37 publications · 2.7K citations

    26

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  5. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 34 publications · 1.5K citations

    25

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