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Quantifying Diagnostic Misclassification and Inpatient Mortality Determinants in Scrub Typhus: A Systematic Review and Interaction Meta-Analysis of Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illness (AUFI) Cohorts in India.

Jayashankar C A, Venkataramana Kandi, Ganaraja V Harikrishna, Koshy T Sam, Manish G R, Atul S Sucharitha, Divyadharshini M S, Praful Bhupathiraju, Satya Vijaya Chandana Batchu, Bhangdiya G Sanjay and 1 more

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Jayashankar C AInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Venkataramana KandiClinical Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagunoor, IND.
Ganaraja V HarikrishnaNeurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, IND.
Koshy T SamInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Manish G RGeneral Medicine, Akash Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Atul S SucharithaInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Divyadharshini M SGeneral Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Praful BhupathirajuInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Satya Vijaya Chandana BatchuInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Bhangdiya G SanjayInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, IND.
Sudishna M SInternal Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scrub typhus (ST), caused by

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acute undifferentiated febrile illness (aufi)diagnostic biasindiameta-analysismortality riskorientia tsutsugamushiprevalencescrub typhus

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PMID42866668
PMCPMC13657266

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