Heterogeneity of Orientia tsutsugamushi genotypes in field-collected trombiculid mites from wild-caught small mammals in Thailand.

• Main Authors: Ratree Takhampunya (Author), Achareeya Korkusol (Author), Sommai Promsathaporn (Author), Bousaraporn Tippayachai (Author), Surachai Leepitakrat (Author), Allen L Richards (Author), Silas A Davidson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Trombiculid mites are the vectors of scrub typhus, with infected larval mites (chiggers) transmitting the causative agent, Orientia tsutsugamushi, during feeding. Co-existence of multiple O. tsutsugamushi strains within infected mites has previously been reported in naturally infected, laboratory-re...