Table 2.
Eschar distribution rate on patient diagnosed with scrub typhus across the different countries
| Region | Country | H & N | Upper Ext. | Lower Ext. | Anterior | Back | Inguinal area | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Asia | China | 22 (4.4) | 30 (6.0) | 26 (5.2) | 145 (29.0) | 13 (2.6) | 264 (52.8) | 500 (7.9) |
| Hong Kong | 1 (2.6) | 5 (12.8) | 10 (25.6) | 7 (17.9) | 2 (5.1) | 14 (35.9) | 39 (0.6) | |
| Japan | 37 (6.9) | 99 (18.4) | 128 (23.8) | 147 (27.3) | 41 (7.6) | 86 (16.0) | 538 (8.5) | |
| Korea | 193 (6.1) | 299 (9.5) | 676 (21.5) | 855 (27.2) | 265 (8.4) | 857 (27.2) | 3,145 (49.6) | |
| Taiwan | 24 (12.8) | 24 (12.8) | 11 (5.9) | 69 (36.7) | 19 (10.1) | 41 (21.8) | 188 (3.0) | |
| Sub total | 277 (6.3) | 457 (10.4) | 851 (19.3) | 1,223 (27.7) | 340 (7.7) | 1,262 (28.6) | 4,410 (69.5) | |
| Southeast Asia | Burma | 1 (7.1) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (35.7) | 1 (7.1) | 6 (42.9) | 14 (0.2) |
| Laos | 1 (7.7) | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (46.2) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (15.4) | 13 (0.2) | |
| Malaysia | 2 (10.5) | 3 (15.8) | 1 (5.3) | 9 (47.4) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (21.1) | 19 (0.3) | |
| Singapore | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (0.03) | |
| Thailand | 6 (6.9) | 7 (8.0) | 11 (12.6) | 25 (28.7) | 9 (10.3) | 29 (33.3) | 87 (1.4) | |
| Vietnam | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (55.3) | 12 (31.6) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (10.5) | 38 (0.6) | |
| Sub total | 11 (6.4) | 13 (7.5) | 34 (19.7) | 57 (32.9) | 12 (6.9) | 46 (26.6) | 173 (2.7) | |
| South Asia | India | 71 (9.2) | 37 (4.8) | 58 (7.5) | 326 (42.2) | 38 (4.9) | 242 (31.3) | 772 (12.2) |
| Nepal | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.03) | |
| Sri Lanka | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 6 (0.1) | |
| Sub total | 72 (9.2) | 38 (4.9) | 58 (7.4) | 330 (42.3) | 39 (5.0) | 243 (31.2) | 780 (12.3) | |
| Oceania | Australia | 3 (5.0) | 3 (5.0) | 9 (15.0) | 21 (35.0) | 1 (1.7) | 23 (38.3) | 60 (0.9) |
| New Guinea | 19 (2.2) | 49 (5.8) | 420 (49.6) | 119 (14.1) | 26 (3.1) | 213 (25.2) | 846 (13.3) | |
| Sub total | 22 (2.4) | 52 (5.7) | 429 (47.4) | 140 (15.5) | 27 (3.0) | 236 (26.0) | 906 (14.3) | |
| The other | Undefined | 3 (4.0) | 2 (2.7) | 23 (30.7) | 24 (32.0) | 3 (4.0) | 20 (26.7) | 75 (1.2) |
| Overall | 385 (6.1) | 562 (8.9) | 1,395 (22.0) | 1,774 (28.0) | 421 (6.6) | 1,807 (28.5) | 6,344 |
H & N = head and neck; Ext = extremity. Undefined means that cannot be specified as one country, like “Africa” or “Vietnam and Cambodia.”