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- Title
Scrub typhus reemergence in the Maldives.
- Authors
Lewis, Michael D.; Yousuf, Abdul Azeez; Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai; Razee, Ahmed; Chandranoi, Kirkvitch; Jones, James W.
- Abstract
In summer 2002, an outbreak of febrile illness began in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Through April 2003, officials recorded 168 cases with 10 deaths. The Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangkok confirmed Orientia tsutsugamushi and conducted a joint investigation with the Ministry of Health, Maldives. These cases of scrub typhus were the first in the Maldives since World War II.
- Subjects
MALDIVES; ISLANDS of the Indian Ocean; FEVER; DEATH; TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease; RICKETTSIAL diseases
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 12, p1638
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0912.030212