The Diversity and Geographical Structure of Orientia tsutsugamushi Strains from Scrub Typhus Patients in Laos.

• Main Authors: Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh (Author), Piengchan Sonthayanon (Author), Sasithon Pukrittayakamee (Author), Daniel H Paris (Author), Paul N Newton (Author), Edward J Feil (Author), Nicholas P J Day (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a disease transmitted by Leptotrombidium mites which is responsible for a severe and under-reported public health burden throughout Southeast Asia. Here we use multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to characterize 74 clinical isolates from t...