Rajeev Upreti¹*, Swati Kapoor², Dinesh Srivastava² and Monica Mahajan²

¹GP Registrar, UHL, Leicester, UK (Previously in Max Healthcare, New Delhi, India)
²Department of Internal Medicine, Max Healthcare Institute LTD, Saket, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding Author: Rajeev Upreti, GP Registrar, UHL, Leicester, UK (Previously in Max Healthcare, New Delhi, India).

Received: March 10, 2022; Published: April 05, 2022

Abstract

Rickettsiosis, also called Rickettsial infection, is a zoonosis characterized by acute febrile illness. The causative organism is an obligate intracellular gram negative bacterium belonging to the genera Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, Neorickettsia, or Anaplasma. Scrub typhus is the most common rickettsiosis prevalent in India [1].

Keywords: Rickettsiosis; Rickettsial Infection; Scrub Typhus; Eschar

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Citation: Rajeev Upreti., et al. “Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Scrub Typhus Patients in North India: A Retrospective Case Series". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 3.5 (2022): 05-10.

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