Scrub Typhus- An Underestimated Infectious Disease Attributable to Community Acquired Acute Kidney Injury

Overview

Journal Indian J Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2024 Mar 12

PMID 38468746

Authors

Arpita Paul

Vaishali Sarma

Parasmita Das Choudhury

Gayatri Pegu

Kishore Sarma

Anisha Sarma

Lahari Saikia

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12088-023-01137-x.

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