Emerging Rickettsial diseases

Part 2 book "Emerging and Re-emerging infectious diseases of livestock" includes content: Emerging rickettsial diseases of livestock; emerging parasitic diseases of livestock; emerging mycotic diseases of livestock; miscellaneous.

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Rickettsial disease is one among the most common re-emerging disease and untreated cases having fatality rates as high as 30-35% and since it is a cause of fever of unknown origin(FUO) it needs to be differentiated from other febrile illnesses. The present study was performed at a tertiary care Centre in Bangalore after taking Ethical Clearance from the Institution’s Ethical Committee. All 101 Paediatric patients admitted in the Paediatric department of M. S. Ramaiah Hospitals were included in the study in the year 2015. The study revealed 5.

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Rickettsial diseases are an important cause of undifferentiated acute febrile illness. The lack of classical manifestations can make their diagnosis difficult. Even though the diseases are endemic in India, they are less reported from New Delhi and surrounding regions. Aim is to estimate the seropositivity of Rickettsial infections in cases of undifferentiated acute febrile illness from a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi and to analyze their clinical profile. This prospective observational study was conducted from November 2016 to March 2018.

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Scrub typhus has been one of the most emerging and re-emerging rickettsial infections with increasing trend in incidences of disease worldwide including India. Clinical diagnosis of scrub typhus is difficult because the signs and symptoms of scrub typhus are almost like other febrile diseases. The mainstay in scrub-typhus diagnosis is serology. In developing countries, among the various laboratory tests to diagnose scrub typhus, WeilFelix test is usually performed despite its low sensitivity.

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The Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders provides authoritative information on a wide variety of diseases and health disorders. Although the focus in planning this collection of articles was on subjects of interest to young readers, the information provided here is valuable to users of any age. More than two hundred articles are categorized in three major areas of interest: infections, noninfectious diseases, and mental disorders.

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