Murine models of scrub typhus associated with host control of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection.

• 主要な著者: Nicole L Mendell (著者), Donald H Bouyer (著者), David H Walker (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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BACKGROUND:Scrub typhus, a febrile illness of substantial incidence and mortality, is caused by infection with the obligately intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is estimated that there are more than one million cases annually transmitted by the parasitic larval stage of trombiculid m...