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Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Feb;12(2):290-5.

Scrub typhus, Republic of Palau.

Demma LJ, McQuiston JH, Nicholson WL, Murphy SM, Marumoto P, Sengebau-Kingzio M, Kuartei S, Durand AM, Swerdlow DL

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. ldemma@cdc.gov

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 3891

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
No Yes Yes Yes No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
descriptive 6 vector - - historical
cross sectional 63 other exposure yes concurrent
cross sectional 847 vector both yes mixed
Exposures Orientia tsutsugamushi
Risk factors Geographic Locations
Outcomes Scrub Typhus
Species Human
Rodentia
roof rat
Locations
Palau Palau (general) Echang (populated place)
Koror (capital of a political entity)
Palau (freely associated state)

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