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Detection of new genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi infecting humans in Thailand.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2008
Fournier P-E, Siritantikorn S, Rolain J-M, Suputtamongkol Y, Hoontrakul S, Charoenwat S, Losuwanaluk K, Parola P, Raoult D
Abstract excerpt
PCR screening of blood specimens taken from 195 patients with serologically confirmed scrub typhus in three Thai provinces detected the 56-kDa protein-encoding gene from Orientia tsutsugamushi in ten (5%) patients. Significant genetic diversity was found among the ten amplicons, with nine new genotypes identified that were different from those found previously in Thailand. Phylogenetically, the ten sequences...
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