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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Synopsis

Association of Scrub Typhus in Children with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Meningoencephalitis, Southern India

Tina DamodarComments to Author , Bhagteshwar Singh, Namratha Prabhu1, Srilatha Marate1, Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, A.V. Lalitha, Fulton Sebastian Dsouza, Sushma Veeranna Sajjan, Mallesh Kariyappa, Uddhava V. Kinhal, P.V. Prathyusha, Anita Desai, Kandavel Thennarasu, Tom Solomon, Vasanthapuram Ravi, and Ravi YadavComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India (T. Damodar, N. Prabhu, S. Marate, P.V. Prathyusha, A. Desai, K. Thennarasu, V. Ravi, R. Yadav); Christian Medical College, Vellore, India (B. Singh); University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (B. Singh, T. Solomon); Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool (B. Singh, T. Solomon); Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore (V.K. Gowda, U.V. Kinhal); St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore (A.V. Lalitha, F.S. Dsouza); Vani Vilas Women and Children’s Hospital, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore (S.V. Sajjan, M. Kariyappa); The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool (T. Solomon); The Pandemic Institute, Liverpool (T. Solomon)

Main Article

Table 4

Demographic details of children with scrub typhus manifesting as acute encephalitis syndrome, southern India

Variable No. (%) patients
Age, y, n = 87
<2 2 (2.3)
2–9 50 (57.5)
10–18 y
 35 (40.2)
Sex, n = 87
M 52 (59.8)
F
 35 (40.2)
State, n = 81
Karnataka 44 (54.3)
Andhra Pradesh 36 (44.4)
Tamil Nadu
 1 (1.2)
Setting, n = 82
Rural 64 (78)
Urban
 18 (22)
Risk factors, n = 78*
Contact with shrubs, vegetation, or agricultural farms 49 (62.8)
Contact with animals, birds, or pets 47 (60.3)
Proximity to forest 14 (17.9)

*Based on response to a structured questionnaire in the form of Yes or No.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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