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The Diversity and Geographical Structure of Orientia tsutsugamushi Strains from Scrub Typhus Patients in Laos.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2015
Phetsouvanh Rattanaphone, Sonthayanon Piengchan, Pukrittayakamee Sasithon, Paris Daniel H, Newton Paul N, Feil Edward J, Day Nicholas P J
Abstract excerpt
Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a disease transmitted by Leptotrombidium mites which is responsible for a severe and under-reported public health burden throughout Southeast Asia. Here we use multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to characterize 74 clinical isolates from three geographic locations in the Lao PDR (Laos), and compare them with isolates described from Udon Thani, northeast...
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