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Bacterial microbiome of the chigger mite Leptotrombidium imphalum varies by life stage and infection with the scrub typhus pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi

Scrub typhus is a mites-borne rickettsiosis caused by the obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi. The disease is potentially life threatening and is prevalent in tropical Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean and northern Australia where an estimated one million c...

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Autores principales: Ponnusamy, Loganathan, Willcox, Alexandra C., Roe, R. Michael, Davidson, Silas A., Linsuwanon, Piyada, Schuster, Anthony L., Richards, Allen L., Meshnick, Steven R., Apperson, Charles S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6283546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30521561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208327