Use of eschar swabbing for the molecular diagnosis and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi causing scrub typhus in Quang Nam province, Vietnam

BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is a rickettsiosis which is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and occurs throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Molecular diagnosis of rickettsioses using eschar swabs has recently emerged, and may be very useful for the diagnosis of these diseases in tropical settings. METHODOL...

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Autores principales: Le Viet, Nhiem, Laroche, Maureen, Thi Pham, Hoa L., Viet, Nho L., Mediannikov, Oleg, Raoult, Didier, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005397

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005397

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