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Clinical characteristics of the autumn-winter type scrub typhus cases in south of Shandong province, northern China.
BMC infectious diseases - 4 Jun 2009
Liu Yun-Xi, Feng Dan, Suo Ji-Jiang, Xing Yu-Bin, Liu Gang, Liu Li-Hua, Xiao Hong-Ju, Jia Ning, Gao Yan, Yang Hong, Zuo Shu-Qing, Zhang Pan-He, Zhao Zhong-Tang, Min Jing-Si, Feng Pei-Tian, Ma Shu-Bin, Liang Song, Cao Wu-Chun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Before 1986, scrub typhus was only found endemic in southern China. Because human infections typically occur in the summer, it is called "summer type". During the autumn-winter period of 1986, a new type of scrub typhus was identified in Shandong and northern Jiangsu province of northern China. This newly recognized scrub typhus was subsequently reported in many areas of northern China and was then...
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