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Diversification of Orientia tsutsugamushi genotypes by intragenic recombination and their potential expansion in endemic areas
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is a mite-borne febrile disease caused by O. tsutsugamushi infection. Recently, emergence of scrub typhus has attracted considerable attention in several endemic countries in Asia and the western Pacific. In addition, the antigenic diversity of the intracellular pathogen has...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28248956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005408 |