Imported scrub typhus in The Netherlands

Two cases of travel-acquired scrub typhus imported in the Netherlands are described. The characteristic eschar was absent in both cases. One case acquired scrub typhus in non-rural surroundings in India, highlighting that scrub typhus must also be considered a (sub) urban zoonosis. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Verfasser: Vliegenthart-Jongbloed, Klaske
de Mendonça Melo, Mariana
Slobbe, Lennert
Beersma, Matthias F C
van Genderen, Perry J J
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Reihe/Periodikum: Vliegenthart-Jongbloed , K , de Mendonça Melo , M , Slobbe , L , Beersma , M F C & van Genderen , P J J 2013 , ' Imported scrub typhus in The Netherlands ' , Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease , vol. 11 , no. 3 , pp. 197-199 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.08.006
Sprache: Englisch
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