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A New Gilliam Genotypic Variant of <em>Orientia tsutsugamushi </em>in Human Scrub Typhus Cases from Southwestern Tamil Nadu, India
2025-06-16
Abstract excerpt
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot), is a re‐emerging public health concern across Southeast Asia. Although multiple Ot strains have been identified in endemic regions, its genetic diversity in India remains limited. We analysed Ot strains from humans by targeting the conserved GroEL and variable 56‐kDa genes. A total of 105 serum samples were subjected to PCR amplification and phylogenetic analysi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8a1898f5-7b31-55a3-bc6c-60a2f17e28e8
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202506.1193.v1
