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Differences in Clinical and Laboratory Features for Different Genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Guangzhou, Southern China.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Apr 2017
Wei Yuehong, Ma Yu, Luo Lei, Wu Xinwei, Huang Yong, Li Xiaoning, Yang Zhicong
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PURPOSE: To describe the genotypes distribution of Orientia tsutsugamushi, in Guangzhou, and explore differences in clinical and laboratory features among genotypes. METHOD: We collected blood or eschar samples of all scrub typhus cases reported in 2013 from 10 district hospitals positive for PCR. We further tested the PCR-positive samples for DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. We collected the...
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