Title: Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Authors: Mittal, Mahima; Vivian Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley; Rose, Winsley; Verghese, Valsan Philip; Girish Kumar, C. P.; Mittal, Mahim; Sabarinathan, R.; Bondre, Vijay; Gupta, Nivedita; Murhekar, Manoj V.; Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian; Kumar, C P Girish
Abstract: Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have been occurring in Gorakhpur Division, Uttar Pradesh, India, for several years. In 2016, we conducted a case-control study. Our findings revealed a high proportion of AES cases with Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM and IgG, indicating that scrub typhus is a cause of AES.
Subjects: UTTAR Pradesh (India); TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMICS; CASE-control method; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 8, p1414
ISSN: 1080-6040
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3201/eid2308.170025

Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Mittal, Mahima; Vivian Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley; Rose, Winsley; Verghese, Valsan Philip; Girish Kumar, C. P.; Mittal, Mahim; Sabarinathan, R.; Bondre, Vijay; Gupta, Nivedita; Murhekar, Manoj V.; Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian; Kumar, C P Girish