Association of high Orientia tsutsugamushi DNA loads with disease of greater severity in adults with scrub typhus.
Orientia tsutsugamushi, the cause of scrub typhus, is a major pathogen in the Asia-Pacific region. The severity of infection ranges from mild features to multiorgan failure and death. The aim of this prospective study was to define the O. tsutsugamushi loads in the blood samples of patients with scr...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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