TY - JOUR AU - Faa, Antony G. AU - McBride, William J.H. AU - Garstone, Gaynor AU - Thompson, Robert E. AU - Holt, Peter T1 - Scrub Typhus in the Torres Strait Islands of North Queensland, Australia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 480 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, occurs throughout Southeast Asia. We descript ten cases that occurred in the Torres Strait islands of northern Australia during 2000 and 2001. Preceding heavy rain may have contributed to the outbreak. The successful use of azithromycin in two pediatric patients is also reported. KW - Orientia tsutsugamushi KW - scrub typhus KW - Australia KW - Queensland KW - Papua New Guinea KW - climate KW - azithromycin DO - 10.3201/eid0904.020509 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/4/02-0509_article ER - End of Reference