Halved Incidence of Scrub Typhus after Travel Restrictions to Confine a Surge of COVID-19 in Taiwan

Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease that is usually transmitted by mite exposure. Infected patients may present with a fever, fatigue, headache, and muscle pain. A blackish skin lesion, called eschar, is pathognomic. The mortality rate in untreated cases is high. The first case of scrub typhus in...

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Main Authors: En-Cheng Lin, Hung-Pin Tu, Chien-Hui Hong
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e81cf6dca76440269772d47ab66392c3
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