Published Date: 2005-03-31 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH> Scrub typhus, military personnel - Australia (QLD)
Archive Number: 20050331.0928
SCRUB TYPHUS, MILITARY PERSONNEL - AUSTRALIA (QUEENSLAND)
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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005
From: Reggie Cooke <reggie.cooke@btinternet.com>
There is a very good article on the above in - 'Emerging Infectious
Diseases' - Vol 4 Number 4 Oct - Dec 1998. The publication contains a
description of the 3 rickettsial groups in Australia with very clear
maps. The article can be found at
<http://www.cfsresearch.org/rickettsia/other/20nf.htm>
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Reggie Cooke
Travel Health and Accident Prevention
N. Ireland
<reggie.cooke@btinternet.com>
[ProMED thanks the contributor for this citation regarding rickettsial
disease in Australia. The citation is Odorico DM, Graves SR, Currie B, et
al: New _Orientia tsutsugamushi_ Strain from Scrub Typhus in Australia.
Emerg Infect Dis 1998; Vol 4.
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no4/odorico.htm> - Mod.LL]
See Also
Leptospirosis, military personnel - Australia (QLD): not 20050329.0910Leptospirosis, military personnel - Australia (QLD) 20050322.0824
2004
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Scrub typhus - India (Himachal Pradesh) 20040823.2344
2003
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Scrub typhus - India (Himachal Pradesh) (02) 20030927.2438
Scrub typhus - India (Himachal Pradesh) 20030924.2413
Undiagnosed deaths - India (Himachal Pradesh) (02): RFI 20030922.2385
Undiagnosed deaths - India (Himachal Pradesh): RFI 20030918.2364
1999
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Scrub typhus - Denmark ex South Africa 19990117.0076
1998
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Scrub typhus - Taiwan (02) 19980720.1372
Scrub typhus - Taiwan 19980716.1338
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