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Genetic recombination of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains from scrub typhus patients in Guangxi, Southwest China, and the analysis of clinical features.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jun 2023
Lu Miao, Zhou Dongsheng, Xie Siyan, Wang Yumeng, Jiang Liyan, Wang Wen, Jiang Weiping, Zhou Qiuling, Wang Caifeng, Zheng Chanjun, Huang Di, Yang Hualing, Gong Lina, Chen Huoying, Li Kun
Abstract excerpt
Three Orientia tsutsugamushi genotypic groups belonging to two prototypes (Gilliam and Karp) were identified in scrub typhus patients from Guangxi, Southwest China. Fever, headache, pneumonia, fatigue, chill, and anorexia were the most common clinical signs. Frequent recombination was observed for their 47-kDa gene compared to 56-kDa and 16S genes. Furthermore, patients infected with the Gilliam prototype...
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