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Molecular characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi serotypes causing scrub typhus outbreak in southern region of Andhra Pradesh, India.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Oct 2016
Usha K, Kumar E, Kalawat Usha, Kumar B Siddhartha, Chaudhury A, Gopal D V R Sai
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Scrub typhus is a vector-borne zoonotic infection caused by Orientiatsutsugamushi. Local epidemiology of the circulating serotypes of scrub typhus is not available from most parts of India. We conducted this study for the diagnosis of scrub typhus using IgM ELISA and to detect O. tsutsugamushi serotypes circulating in southern Andhra Pradesh, India. METHODS: Samples were collected from...
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