Study of Prevalence of Scrub Typhus in Acute Febrile Illness in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Visakhapatnam
THAMMINA MEHER SRI SAI SUDHA VANI
Abstract:Objective: Re-emergent cases of rickettsial disease, the scrub typhus is seen prevalent in cases of acute febrile illness. The objective of this study was to study the magnitude and prevalence of scrub typhus in a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: This prospective study was carried on for a period of one year from February 2023 to February 2024. Inpatients between the age group of 16 to 25 y with a triad of fever for more than 5 d of onset with or without an eschar, headache, myalgia and abnormal haematological… Show more
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