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Klaske Vliegenthart-Jongbloed1, Mariana de Mendonça Melo, Lennert Slobbe
1Department of Internal Medicine, Havenziekenhuis and Institute for Tropical Diseases, Haringvliet 72, 3011 TG Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
|September 27, 2012
Summary
Two travel-acquired scrub typhus cases in the Netherlands lacked typical eschars. This suggests scrub typhus (a zoonotic disease) can occur in urban settings, not just rural areas.
Area of Science:
- Infectious Diseases
- Tropical Medicine
- Public Health
Background:
- Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.
- Traditionally associated with rural, forested, or mountainous areas.
- Imported cases in non-endemic regions pose diagnostic challenges.
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