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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
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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 fro...
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