Acute Q Fever and Scrub Typhus, Southern Taiwan

oleh: Chung-Hsu Lai, Yen-Hsu Chen, Jiun-Nong Lin, Lin-Li Chang, Wei-Fang Chen, Hsi-Hsun Lin

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-10-01

Deskripsi

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.