Tag: eschar

Scrub Typhus Diagnostics: The Present and the Future

Scrub Typhus Diagnostics

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a vector-borne, zoonotic disease commonly occurring in a geographic region known as the ‘tsutsugamushi triangle’. Scrub typhus causes acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) with non-specific clinical features and is difficult to diagnose when a highly characteristic but not pathognomonic eschar is […]

Molecular Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus: Sample and Timing Matter

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal.  Scrub typhus (ST) is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. Laboratory tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis when the characteristic eschar is absent. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of 47 kDa qPCR using clotted and EDTA-treated blood among patients with suspected ST Clotted […]