Risk Factors for Acquiring Scrub Typhus among Children in Deoria and Gorakhpur Districts, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017.

ABSTRACT: Scrub typhus is associated with outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome in Uttar Pradesh, India. A case-control study indicated that children residing, playing, or visiting fields; living with firewood stored indoors; handling cattle fodder; and practicing open defecation were at increased risk for scrub typhus. Communication messages should focus on changing these behaviors.

SUBMITTER: Thangaraj JWV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256400 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature