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Broad-coverage molecular epidemiology of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Thailand.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2013
Wongprompitak Patimaporn, Anukool Wichittra, Wongsawat Ekkarat, Silpasakorn Saowalak, Duong Veasna, Buchy Philippe, Morand Serge, Frutos Roger, Ekpo Pattama, Suputtamongkol Yupin
Abstract excerpt
Orientia tsutsugamushi, an obligate intracellular bacterium closely related to the genus Rickettsia, is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a major cause of febrile illness in rural areas of Asia-Pacific region. Scrub typhus is transmitted by the bite of infected mites of the genus Leptotrombidium. The region of the 56-kDa TSA gene spanning from variable domain I (VDI) to variable domain IV (VDIV) was sequenced...
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