Patient and sample-related factors that effect the success of in vitro isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi.
Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus infection, a major cause of human disease in rural areas of Southeast Asia. Twenty-six blood samples collected from patients with serologically proven scrub typhus during a six month period were sent to Bangkok (535 km from the clinical s...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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2007
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