Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi.

<strong>Background</strong> Orientia tsutsugamushi is a clinically important but neglected obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen of the Rickettsiaceae family that causes the potentially life-threatening human disease scrub typhus. In contrast to the genome reduction seen in many obl...

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Hauptverfasser: Batty, E, Chaemchuen, S, Blacksell, S, Richards, A, Paris, D, Bowden, R, Chan, C, Lachumanan, R, Day, N, Donnelly, P, Chen, S, Salje, J
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2018