Hematogenously disseminated Orientia tsutsugamushi-infected murine model of scrub typhus [corrected].

• Glavni autori: Thomas R Shelite (Autor), Tais B Saito (Autor), Nicole L Mendell (Autor), Bin Gong (Autor), Guang Xu (Autor), Lynn Soong (Autor), Gustavo Valbuena (Autor), Donald H Bouyer (Autor), David H Walker (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Orientia tsutsugamushi, the etiologic agent of scrub typhus, is a mite-borne rickettsia transmitted by the parasitic larval stage of trombiculid mites. Approximately one-third of the world's population is at risk of infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi, emphasizing its importance in global hea...