Rickettsial Infections and Q Fever Amongst Febrile Patients in Bhutan

Rickettsial Infections and Q Fever Amongst Febrile Patients in Bhutan

There is limited evidence of rickettsial diseases in Bhutan. We explored the contribution of rickettsioses as a cause of undifferentiated febrile illness in patients presenting to 14 Bhutanese hospitals from October 2014 to June 2015. Obvious causes of fever were excluded clinically. Clinico-demogra...

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Main Authors: Tshokey Tshokey, John Stenos, David N. Durrheim, Keith Eastwood, Chelsea Nguyen, Gemma Vincent, Stephen R. Graves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
Bhutan
Q fever
rickettsial infections
scrub typhus
undifferentiated fever
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/1/12

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