Epidemiology of scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections (2018–22) in the hyper-endemic setting of Mizoram, North-East India

• Vanramliana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vanramliana, Lalfakzuala Pautu

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India

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• Lalfakzuala Pautu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vanramliana, Lalfakzuala Pautu

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mafaka@pucollege.edu.in (LP); praveen.nina@cukerala.ac.in (PBN)

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Health & Family Welfare Department, Mizoram, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4889-5985

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• Pachuau Lalmalsawma,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Health & Family Welfare Department, Mizoram, India

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• Gabriel Rosangkima,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India

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• Devojit Kumar Sarma,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICMR- National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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• Hunropuia Chinzah,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India

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• Yogesh Malvi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Health & Family Welfare Department, Mizoram, India

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• Naveen Kumar Kodali,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Christiana Amarthaluri,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India

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• Karuppusamy Balasubramani,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Praveen Balabaskaran Nina

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mafaka@pucollege.edu.in (LP); praveen.nina@cukerala.ac.in (PBN)

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India

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