ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases2015
A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- High levels of Interleukin - 13 in patients with scrub typhus correlate with disease severity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Epidemiological shifts in 23 acute infectious diseases in Southwest China (2005-2024): trends and implications for surveillance.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A Novel Strain ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Epidemiologic changes of a longitudinal surveillance study spanning 51 years of scrub typhus in mainland China.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Halved Incidence of Scrub Typhus after Travel Restrictions to Confine a Surge of COVID-19 in Taiwan.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Rickettsial infections: A blind spot in our view of neglected tropical diseases.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- TheFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Risk mapping of scrub typhus infections in Qingdao city, China.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Scrub Typhus: Historic Perspective and Current Status of the Worldwide Presence ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2020Review
- Awareness and Work-Related Factors Associated with Scrub Typhus: A Case-Control Study from South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Scrub Typhus: No Longer Restricted to the Tsutsugamushi Triangle.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Review
- A Review of Scrub Typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi and Related Organisms): Then, Now, and Tomorrow.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Review
- The Historical Case for and the Future Study of Antibiotic-Resistant Scrub Typhus.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2017Review
- A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Review
- Type 1-skewed neuroinflammation and vascular damage associated with Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in mice.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Acute-phase diagnosis of murine and scrub typhus in Belgian travelers by polymerase chain reaction: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Diversification of Orientia tsutsugamushi genotypes by intragenic recombination and their potential expansion in endemic areas.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- An Intradermal Inoculation Mouse Model for Immunological Investigations of Acute Scrub Typhus and Persistent Infection.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- The Correlation of Endoscopic Findings and Clinical Features in Korean Patients with Scrub Typhus: A Cohort Study.PloS one · 2016Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal mite-borne febrile illness, primarily of the Asia-Pacific Rim. With an endemic area greater than 13 million km2 and millions of people at risk, scrub typhus remains an underreported, often misdiagnosed febrile illness. A comprehensive, updatable map of the true distribution of cases has been lacking, and therefore the true risk of disease within the very large endemic area remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to establish a database and map to track human scrub typhus. An online search using PubMed and the United States Armed Forces Pest Management Board Literature Retrieval System was performed to identify articles describing human scrub typhus cases both within and outside the traditionally accepted endemic regions. Using World Health Organization guidelines, stringent criteria were used to establish diagnoses for inclusion in the database. The preliminary screening of 181 scrub typhus publications yielded 145 publications that met the case criterion, 267 case records, and 13 serosurvey records that could be georeferenced, describing 13,739 probable or confirmed human cases in 28 countries. A map service has been established within VectorMap (www.vectormap.org) to explore the role that relative location of vectors, hosts, and the pathogen play in the transmission of mite-borne scrub typhus. The online display of scrub typhus cases in VectorMap illustrates their presence and provides an up-to-date geographic distribution of proven scrub typhus cases.
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