Misdiagnosis of scrub typhus as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and potential co-infection of both diseases in patients in Shandong Province, China, 2013–2014

• Xiao-lan Gu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Rui Qi,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Wen-qian Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Yong-jun Jiao,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Pathogenic Microbiology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Key Laboratory of Enteric Pathogenic Microbiology, Ministry Health, Nanjing, China

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• Hao Yu,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2964-549X

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• Xue-jie Yu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yuxuejie@whu.edu.cn

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2665-3811

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