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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2025

Seroprevalence of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness: A study from northern districts of West Bengal.

Santanu Hazra, Arpita P Dutta, Sumana Moitra, Shampa Das, Sanjoy K Mallick, Arunabha Sarkar, Binita Pradhan, Ayan Chakraborty, Debapriya Bhowmick, Arnab Saha

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Santanu HazraDepartment of Microbiology, Jhargram Govt Medical College, Jhargram, West Bengal, India.
Arpita P DuttaDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Sumana MoitraDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Shampa DasDepartment of Physiology, Barasat Govt Medical College, Barasat, West Bengal, India.
Sanjoy K MallickDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Arunabha SarkarDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Binita PradhanDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Ayan ChakrabortyDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Debapriya BhowmickDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Arnab SahaDepartment of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Scrub typhus is a re-emerging acute febrile illness with a high case fatality rate. Early clinical features are nonspecific and resemble any acute febrile illness, with or without skin rash creating clinical dilemmas. Untreated or undiagnosed cases can be complicated with myocarditis, pneumonia, acute kidney injury, meningoencephalitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. Antibody-based serological tests or IgM Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay against Aim: The study aimed to determine the prevalence and epidemiological pattern of scrub typhus in acute febrile illness cases in northern districts of West Bengal, India. Material and Methods: Blood samples of patients suffering from acute febrile illness for more than five days duration were collected from different districts of the northern part of West Bengal and IgM capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay was performed at the Microbiology laboratory of North Bengal Medical College over the period, January 2019 to December 2023. Result and Conclusion: 12.09% of the total sample tested were positive for IgM antibodies (

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Febrile illnessIgM ELISAOrientia tsutsugamushiscrub typhusWest Bengal

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