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Transovarial Transmission of Co-Existing Orientia tsutsugamushi Genotypes in Laboratory-Reared Leptotrombidium imphalum.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2016
Takhampunya Ratree, Tippayachai Bousaraporn, Korkusol Achareeya, Promsathaporn Sommai, Leepitakrat Surachai, Sinwat Warattaya, Schuster Anthony L, Richards Allen L
Abstract excerpt
The co-evolution of Orientia tsutsugamushi and its vector/host Leptotrombidium mites is important for this bacterium to survive and exist in its environment. The data in this study demonstrated that O. tsutsugamushi has adapted to take advantage of the parasitic nature of the host's larval stage and thus increase its chance of transmission to a vertebrate host and potentially to other vector mites by increasing...
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