creators_name: Sharma, A
creators_name: Raina, R
creators_name: Dhiman, P
creators_name: Bellad, A
creators_name: Madhabhavi, I
creators_name: Panda, P
creators_id: prashantpanda85@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:06:22
lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:06:22
metadata_visibility: show
title: Rare Coinfection of Scrub Typhus and Malaria in Immunocompetent Person
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Scrub Typhus; Malaria; Coinfection
abstract: Scrub Typhus, or tsutsugamushi disease is a febrile illness caused by bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae and named Orientia tsutsugamushi. Recently it has been found to endemic in Subhimalayan region of India.Malaria is highly endemic in rest of India but its prevalence is low in Subhimalayan region because of the altitude. We report a rare case of a patient having coinfection with scrub typhus and malaria.
date: 2012-04-25
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 11
number: 2(12)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Sharma, A and Raina, R and Dhiman, P and Bellad, A and Madhabhavi, I and Panda, P  (2012) Rare Coinfection of Scrub Typhus and Malaria in Immunocompetent Person.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/8900/1/2012-2-12.pdf