Clinical trials: Scrub Typhus, open to volunteers
Infectious Disease, Therapeutics
Rickettsia Clearance Study
Murine typhus is a disease caused by Rickettisa typhi, an obligate intracellular bacterium transmitted by rodent fleas. The disease has a worldwide distribution; however the true burden is unknown, related to its non-specific…
- Trial name
- RiCS (NCT05972772)
- Testing
- Doxycyclin, Azithromycin
- Where
- 2 sites in Laos
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit