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Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: A review

Overview of attention for article published in Current Infectious Disease Reports, December 2008
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)
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Title
Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: A review
Published in
Current Infectious Disease Reports, December 2008
DOI 10.1007/s11908-009-0010-x
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Authors

Edward F. Hendershot, Daniel J. Sexton

Abstract

Physicians caring for febrile returned travelers face the difficult task of recognizing the typical and atypical features of more than 16 known rickettsial diseases and separating these diseases from potentially serious nonrickettsial diseases. Currently available diagnostic tools are inadequate for timely diagnosis. This review summarizes the English-language literature concerning imported rickettsial diseases in international travelers and describes important clinical principles in diagnosis and treatment of these illnesses. -Travelers with imported rickettsial disease often become sick before or within a few days of return from an endemic region. Illness that begins more than 18 days after return is unlikely to be rickettsial in origin. The absence of a skin rash or exposure to a vector should not dissuade clinicians from considering the possibility of a rickettsial disease in a returned traveler. Finally, if empiric therapy does not result in defervescence within 48 hours, an alternative nonrickettsial illness should be strongly considered.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 3%
Poland 1 3%
Unknown 27 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 24%
Other 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Researcher 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 9 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 24%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Psychology 1 3%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 9 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 January 2024.
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#4,259,986
of 25,205,864 outputs
Outputs from Current Infectious Disease Reports
#93
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#23,075
of 183,856 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Infectious Disease Reports
#1
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