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Scrub Typhus Outbreak in a Remote Primary School, Bhutan, 2014.

ABSTRACT: Scrub typhus in Bhutan was first reported in 2009. We investigated an outbreak of scrub typhus in a remote primary school during August-October 2014. Delay in recognition and treatment resulted in 2 deaths from meningoencephalitis. Scrub typhus warrants urgent public health interventions in Bhutan.

SUBMITTER: Tshokey T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5547789 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Scrub Typhus Outbreak in a Remote Primary School, Bhutan, 2014.

Tshokey Tshokey T   Graves Stephen S   Tshering Dorji D   Phuntsho Kelzang K   Tshering Karchung K   Stenos John J  

Emerging infectious diseases 20170801 8

Scrub typhus in Bhutan was first reported in 2009. We investigated an outbreak of scrub typhus in a remote primary school during August-October 2014. Delay in recognition and treatment resulted in 2 deaths from meningoencephalitis. Scrub typhus warrants urgent public health interventions in Bhutan. ...[more]

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