Assessment of a Sensitive qPCR Assay Targeting a Multiple-Copy Gene to Detect <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> DNA

Assessment of a Sensitive qPCR Assay Targeting a Multiple-Copy Gene to Detect <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> DNA

Scrub typhus is caused by an obligated intracellular organism, <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> (<i>Orientia</i>). The disease was traditionally thought to be limited in the tsutsugamushi triangle. Recently, scrub typhus has been confirmed in areas outside the triangle. Serologi...

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Main Authors: Chien-Chung Chao, Tatyana Belinskaya, Zhiwen Zhang, Le Jiang, Wei-Mei Ching
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
scrub typhus
<i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i>
qPCR
traD gene
multiple copy gene
diagnosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/3/113

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