Diagnostic challenges and antibody kinetics in a paediatric traveller with scrub typhus-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Diagnostic challenges and antibody kinetics in a paediatric traveller with scrub typhus

Published:2023-11-11 Issue:8 Volume:30 Page:
ISSN:1195-1982
Container-title:Journal of Travel Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Looareesuwan Panita¹²³⁴,Aiemjoy Kristen⁵⁶⁷²,Charoensakulchai Sakarn³⁴^ORCID,Thaipadungpanit Janjira⁸²⁹²,Wongsantichon Jantana⁸²,Tanganuchitcharnchai Ampai⁸²,Rungrojn Artharee⁸²¹⁰¹¹,Blacksell Stuart D⁸²¹²¹³,Matsee Wasin³⁴⁹²¹⁴¹⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Social and Environmental Medicine , Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

2. Mahidol University , Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

3. Thai Travel Clinic , Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

4. Mahidol University , Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

5. Division of Epidemiology , Department of Public Health Sciences, , Davis, CA , USA

6. University of California Davis School of Medicine , Department of Public Health Sciences, , Davis, CA , USA

7. Department of Microbiology and Immunology , Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

8. Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit , Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

9. Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine , Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

10. Department of Microbiology , Faculty of Public Health, , Bangkok , Thailand

11. Mahidol University , Faculty of Public Health, , Bangkok , Thailand

12. Center for Tropical Medicine & Global Health , Nuffield Department of Medicine, , Oxford , UK

13. Oxford University , Nuffield Department of Medicine, , Oxford , UK

14. Travel Medicine Research Unit , Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

15. Mahidol University , Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, , Bangkok , Thailand

Abstract

Diagnosing scrub typhus in travellers is challenging due to symptom similarities with other travel-related illnesses and limited early diagnostic tools. We present a distinctive case of scrub typhus in a child traveller, providing a comprehensive account of the case, the diagnostic challenges encountered, laboratory findings and the dynamics of antibodies.

Funder

Wellcome Trust

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taad143/54136483/taad143.pdf

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