TY - JOUR AU - Khan, Siraj AU - Bora, Trishna AU - Laskar, Basanta AU - Khan, Abdul AU - Dutta, Prafulla T1 - Scrub Typhus Leading to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Assam, India T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 148 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine the contribution of Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus, as a cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Assam, India, we conducted a retrospective study of hospital patients with symptoms of AES during 2013–2015. Our findings suggest that O. tsutsugamushi infection leads to AES and the resulting illness and death. KW - Scrub typhus KW - AES KW - Assam KW - India KW - vector-borne infections KW - bacteria KW - acute encephalitis syndrome KW - meningitis/encephalitis DO - 10.3201/eid2301.161038 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/1/16-1038_article ER - End of Reference