"Acute encephalitis syndrome in adults: Molecular and serological evidence of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in Puducherry and neighboring districts of Tamil Nadu"
This study emphasized the importance of scrub typhus as the common etiology of AES in Puducherry, underscoring the need to integrate routine scrub typhus testing into AES diagnostic algorithm. Sequencing-based analysis of representative samples across the country helps to understand the diversity of O. tsutsugamushi.
Authors
- Anitha Gunalan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7779-7877)
- Vivekanandan Pillai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-5369)
- Rahul Dhodapkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8984-3332)
- Symphonia Anguraj
- Barathidasan Rajamani
Institutions
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2025.100953
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ines Mandl Research Foundation
- Jawaharlal Institute Of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research