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The Diversity and Geographical Structure of Orientia tsutsugamushi Strains from Scrub Typhus Patients in Laos

Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a disease transmitted by Leptotrombidium mites which is responsible for a severe and under-reported public health burden throughout Southeast Asia. Here we use multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to characterize 74 clinical isolates from t...

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Autores principales: Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone, Sonthayanon, Piengchan, Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon, Paris, Daniel H., Newton, Paul N., Feil, Edward J., Day, Nicholas P. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4552799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26317624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004024