Acute Q fever and scrub typhus, southern Taiwan.
Acute Q fever and scrub typhus are zoonoses endemic to southern Taiwan. Among the 137 patients with acute Q fever (89, 65.0%) or scrub typhus (43, 31.4%), we identified 5 patients (3.6%) who were co-infected with Coxiella burnetii and Orientia tsutsugamushi.
E-Da Hospital and I-Shou University, Kaoh siung City, Taiwan.
Chung-Hsu
CH
Lai
Yen-Hsu
YH
Chen
Jiun-Nong
JN
Lin
Lin-Li
LL
Chang
Wei-Fang
WF
Chen
Hsi-Hsun
HH
Lin
D000208:Acute Disease; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006801:Humans; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012698:Serologic Tests; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial