A Murine Model of Waning Scrub Typhus Cross-Protection between Heterologous Strains of <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i>

A Murine Model of Waning Scrub Typhus Cross-Protection between Heterologous Strains of <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i>

<i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i>, the etiologic agent of the life-threatening febrile disease scrub typhus, is an obligately intracellular small coccobacillary bacterium belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae and is transmitted by the parasitic larval stage of trombiculid mites. Progress to...

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Main Authors: Nicole L. Mendell, Guang Xu, Thomas R. Shelite, Donald H. Bouyer, David H. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
<i>Orientia</i>
scrub typhus
intradermal
hematogenous model
sublethal
immunity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/5/512

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