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Molecular epidemiology of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Cambodia and Central Vietnam reveals a broad region-wide genetic diversity.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2013
Duong Veasna, Mai Trinh Thi Xuan, Blasdell Kim, Lo Le Viet, Morvan Claire, Lay Sreyrath, Anukool Wichittra, Wongprompitak Patimaporn, Suputtamongkol Yupin, Laurent Denis, Richner Beat, Ra Chheang, Chien Bui Trong, Frutos Roger, Buchy Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Scrub typhus is an acute infectious disease caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi following the bite of infected trombiculid mites of the genus Leptotrombidium. This zoonotic disease is a major cause of febrile illness in the Asia-Pacific region, with a large spectr...
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