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INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL
卷 53, 期 8, 页码 1501-1505出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/imj.16199
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scrub typhus; historical epidemiology; Queensland; Papua New Guinea; military
Undifferentiated febrile diseases in northern Queensland were eventually identified as scrub typhus, a mite-transmitted rickettsial infection. Scrub typhus became a major threat during World War II and killed more Australian soldiers than malaria. It was later found to be an occupational disease in rural workers in north Queensland, but its presence in the civilian community remains largely unknown.
Undifferentiated febrile diseases (e.g., Mossman fever) from northern Queensland were eventually partially attributed to mite-transmitted rickettsial infections known as scrub typhus or tsutsugamushi fever. Scrub typhus became a major medical threat to military operations in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War and killed more Australian soldiers than malaria in the pre-antibiotic era. Further investigations showed scrub typhus to be an occupational disease of rural workers in north Queensland especially around Cairns and Innisfail. Occasional small epidemics of scrub typhus still occur during military exercises in Queensland, but as scrub typhus is not a reportable disease, its presence in the civilian community is largely unknown. Increased use of serological testing in patients with fever and rash illnesses after exposure in northern Queensland is likely to show that scrub typhus is a modern infection that remains treatable with antibiotics once it is identified.
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