Genetic variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi identified from scrub typhus cases in Malaysia

We report herein the clinical presentation and diagnosis of scrub typhus in three patients attending a teaching hospital in Malaysia. Three genetic variants belonged to the Karp and Gilliam strains of O. tsutsugamushi were amplified from the acute blood samples of the patients by a nested polymerase...

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Main Authors: Zan, H.A.M., Ponnampalavanar, S., Omar, S.F.S., Savithiri, P.D., Lim, Y.A.L., Tay, S.T.
Format: Article
Published: Malaysian Society for Parasitology 2016
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