Imported scrub typhus in The Netherlands

Klaske Vliegenthart-Jongbloed; Mariana de Mendonça Melo; Lennert Slobbe; Matthias F C Beersma; Perry J J van Genderen

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.08.006

Imported scrub typhus in The Netherlands

Klaske Vliegenthart-Jongbloed
, Mariana de Mendonça Melo
, Lennert Slobbe
, Matthias F C Beersma
, Perry J J van Genderen

Virology

Havenziekenhuis and Institute for Tropical Diseases

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Two cases of travel-acquired scrub typhus imported in the Netherlands are described. The characteristic eschar was absent in both cases. One case acquired scrub typhus in non-rural surroundings in India, highlighting that scrub typhus must also be considered a (sub) urban zoonosis. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-199
Number of pages	3
Journal	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.08.006
Publication status	Published - 2013

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