First report of an Orientia tsutsugamushi type TA716-related scrub typhus infection in Thailand.

Orientia tsutsugamushi causes scrub typhus and is a rural zoonosis endemic in the Asia Pacific region. This is the first report of O. tsutsugamushi TA716-like strain in a human in Thailand. The patient was in the 1st trimester of pregnancy when she developed scrub typhus. The O. tsutsugamushi strain...

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Autori principali: Mcgready, R, Blacksell, S, Luksameetanasan, R, Wuthiekanun, V, Jedsadapanpong, W, Day, N, Nosten, F
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2010