Genetic Variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Domestic Rodents, Northern China

We screened Orientia tsutsugamushi from 385 domestic rodents and 19 humans with scrub typhus in rural Tai’an District, Shandong Province, a new scrub typhus epidemic area in northern China. Sequence analysis identified 7 genotypes in the rodents, of which 2 were also identified in the humans.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zhang, Meng, Zhao, Zhong-Tang, Wang, Xian-Jun, Li, Zhong, Ding, Lei, Ding, Shu-Jun, Yang, Hui-Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.120984
Descripción
Sumario:We screened Orientia tsutsugamushi from 385 domestic rodents and 19 humans with scrub typhus in rural Tai’an District, Shandong Province, a new scrub typhus epidemic area in northern China. Sequence analysis identified 7 genotypes in the rodents, of which 2 were also identified in the humans.

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