Lewis Michael D, Yousuf Abdul Azeez, Lerdthusnee Kriangkrai, Razee Ahmed, Chandranoi Kirkvitch, Jones James W
Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec;9(12):1638-41. doi: 10.3201/eid0912.030212.
In summer 2002, an outbreak of febrile illness began in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Through April 2003, officials recorded 168 cases with 10 deaths. The Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangkok confirmed Orientia tsutsugamushi and conducted a joint investigation with the Ministry of Health, Maldives. These cases of scrub typhus were the first in the Maldives since World War II.
2002年夏天，印度洋上的马尔代夫爆发了一场发热疾病。到2003年4月，官方记录了168例病例，其中10人死亡。曼谷的武装部队医学科学研究所确认了恙虫病东方体，并与马尔代夫卫生部进行了联合调查。这些恙虫病病例是马尔代夫自第二次世界大战以来的首例。
