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Dual Genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection in Patient with Rash and Eschar, Vietnam, 2016.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2018
Le-Viet Nhiem, Phan Duc-Tuan, Le-Viet Nho, Trinh Sinh, To Muoi, Raoult Didier, Parola Philippe
Abstract excerpt
We report a dual genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in Vietnam in 2016. The patient had fever, rash, and an eschar. The Kawasaki genotype was identified in the eschar specimen and Karp genotype in the whole blood specimen. The genotype co-infection rate for scrub typhus is unknown and should be further evaluated.
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