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Genetic variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi in domestic rodents, northern China.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2013
Zhang Meng, Zhao Zhong-Tang, Wang Xian-Jun, Li Zhong, Ding Lei, Ding Shu-Jun, Yang Hui-Li
Abstract excerpt
We screened Orientia tsutsugamushi from 385 domestic rodents and 19 humans with scrub typhus in rural Tai'an District, Shandong Province, a new scrub typhus epidemic area in northern China. Sequence analysis identified 7 genotypes in the rodents, of which 2 were also identified in the humans.
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