Article
Evaluation of an in-house PCR for diagnosing scrub typhus along with a preliminary study of genotypic characterization of Orientia tsutshugamushi circulating in Chhattisgarh: A prospective clinico-microbiological study.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Prakash Rishika, Negi Sanjay Singh, Bhargava Anudita, Sharma Kuldeep, Jagzape Tushar, Wasnik Preetam
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (O. tsutsugamushi) present nonspecific clinical features during manifestation of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) to render its early diagnosis difficult. Accordingly, this study was undertaken to assess an in-house groEL PCR versus IgM ELISA for the diagnosis of scrub typhus and to genotypically characterise the randomly selected scrub typhus...
Topics
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin M
- Orientia
- Orientia tsutsugamushi
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prospective Studies
- Scrub Typhus