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Genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi circulating in and around Vellore (South India) using TSA 56 gene.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Kumaraswamy Janaki, Govindasamy Punitha, Nagarajan Lakshmi Surya, Gunasekaran Karthik, Abhilash K P P, Prakash John Antony Jude
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The immunodominant TSA 56 gene of Orientia tsutsugamushi, (scrub typhus agent) has four variable regions (VD-I to VD-IV) making it useful for genotyping. This study was undertaken to determine Orientia tsutsugamushi genotypes circulating in and around Vellore using complete and partial TSA 56 gene. METHODS: Of the 162 patients positive by 47 kDa qPCR, on 21 samples PCR to amplify the complete TSA 56...
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