The diversity and geographical structure of orientia tsutsugamushi strains from scrub typhus patients in Laos

<p>Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a disease transmitted by Leptotrombidium mites which is responsible for a severe and under-reported public health burden throughout Southeast Asia. Here we use multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to characterize 74 clinical isolat...

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Autores principales: Phetsouvanh, R, Sonthayanon, P, Pukrittayakamee, S, Paris, D, Newton, P, Feil, E, Day, N
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015

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