2009Emerging infectious diseasesOpen access

Acute Q Fever and Scrub Typhus, Southern Taiwan

Chung‐Hsu Lai, Yen‐Hsu Chen, Jiun‐Nong Lin, Lin‐Li Chang, Weifang Chen, Hsi-Hsun Lin

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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.

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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.

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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.

Key concepts: Scrub typhus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Q fever, Rickettsiosis, Coxiella burnetii, Virology, Typhus, Rickettsia

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