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| | Scrub Typhus, Micronesia | CDC EID |
 | | Scrub typhus is endemic in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Asian continent, as well as in Indonesia, the Philippines, parts of Australia, Japan, northern China, the Russian far east, and Korea (3,5,7–12). |
 | | The Republic of Palau is an island nation in western Micronesia, 7° north of the equator and 900 km east of the Philippines (Figure). |
 | | From October 2001 to October 2003, 15 patients from the southwest islands required evacuation to the national hospital in the capital of Palau for treatment of a febrile illness, which was notable for temperature >39.5°C; duration >7 days (average, 12 days); and abdominal pain, vomiting, or both. |
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