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Phylogenetic diversity of Orientia tsutsugamushi isolates in patients with scrub typhus in Bengaluru, India.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Chunchanur Sneha K, Venugopal Shwetha J, Ambica R, Dakshayani B
Abstract excerpt
Scrub typhus has re-emerged as an important cause of acute febrile illness in India. There is a dearth of information on strain diversity of Orientia tsutsugamushi from Karnataka, India, hence the present study sought to address this issue. One hundred clinically suspected cases of scrub typhus/rickettsiosis (as per the DHR-ICMR guidelines) were included. Nested-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for 56-kDa gene and...
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