A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors Associated with Scrub Typhus Infection in Beijing, China

Yanning Lyu; Lili Tian; Liqin Zhang; Xiangfeng Dou; Xiaomei Wang; Weihong Li; Xiuchun Zhang; Yulan Sun; Zengzhi Guan; Xinyu Li; Quanyi Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063668

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A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors Associated with Scrub Typhus Infection in Beijing, China

Yanning Lyu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanning Lyu, Lili Tian

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Lili Tian ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanning Lyu, Lili Tian

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Liqin Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Pinggu District, Beijing, China
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Xiangfeng Dou,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Xiaomei Wang,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Weihong Li,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Xiuchun Zhang,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Yulan Sun,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Zengzhi Guan,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Xinyu Li,

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Quanyi Wang

* E-mail: bjcdcxm@126.com

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors Associated with Scrub Typhus Infection in Beijing, China

Yanning Lyu,
Lili Tian,
Liqin Zhang,
Xiangfeng Dou,
Xiaomei Wang,
Weihong Li,
Xiuchun Zhang,
Yulan Sun,
Zengzhi Guan,
Xinyu Li

Published: May 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063668

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