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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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