ALLMedicine™ Typhus Center

Jul 1st, 2022 - Differentiating tropical infections are difficult due to its homogenous nature of clinical and laboratorial presentations among them. Sophisticated differential tests and prediction tools are better ways to tackle this issue. Here, we aimed to dev...

Jul 1st, 2022 - This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of an at-risk population living in Niigata prefecture regarding tick-borne diseases (TBDs) and preventive strategies. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted to as...

Jun 25th, 2022 - Rickettsia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that has for centuries caused large-scale morbidity and mortality. In recent years, the resurgence of rickettsial diseases as a major cause of pyrexias of unknown origin, bioterrorism concerns, vecto...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot) is an obligate intracellular bacterium in the family Rickettsiaceae that causes scrub typhus, a severe mite-borne human disease. Its mechanism of cell exit is unusual amongst Rickettsiaceae, as Ot buds off the surface o...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - The occurrence of cases of scrub typhus is on the rise in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The present review discusses neurological complications following scrub typhus to appraise clinicians practicing in endemic regions about consider...

May 24th, 2022 - Typhoid is an enteric disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi; it is estimated that 11 to 20 million people contract typhoid each year and 128 000 to 161 000 die from the disease; children under 5 are at higher risk of contracting the dis...

Apr 1st, 2022 - Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi confined to East Asia including South Korea. It is characterized by fever, headache, rash, and eschar and the majority of patients without complications can recover with an early ...

Mar 23rd, 2022 - The funder is USAMRMC - MIDRP and Grant No. DHP-Award D6.7_15_C2_I_15_J9_1317

Sep 29th, 2021 - Study design: The project will undertake a detailed investigation of one human community, and its environment, at risk of scrub typhus: Chiggers, Rodents & Habitat Study: Transects across diverse habitats determining spatial distribution of specie...

Aug 5th, 2021 - Scrub typhus patients will be recruited into the scrub typhus patient (EXP) arm of the study. There will be 3 sub-groups: EXPa (n=12) will have blood and non-invasive eschar samples collected (consent to study, declined biopsy). EXPb (n=12) will h...

Jul 1st, 2022 - (Reuters Health) - Artificial intelligence may help clinicians tell the difference between different tropical diseases, a new study suggests. Researchers used data from 800 patients to develop a machine learning tool that may aid in early discrimi...

Feb 12th, 2021 - To the Editor: Scrub typhus (ST) is an infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (genus Rickettsia), which is transmitted by the larvae of trombiculid mites, commonly called chiggers. The disease mainly has been described in Asia in an area known.

Sep 4th, 2019 - Flea-borne typhus is endemic to Texas and Southern California. 11,12 Evidence suggests that the pathogenic bacteria, Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis, also commonly infect fleas in the Great Plains area.

Aug 26th, 2019 - We live in an interconnected world. In fact, tourism is now the world's third largest export.[1] A few hot spots attracted most US travelers in the past, but your patients will increasingly be visiting far-flung locations that are truly global. Tr...

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