New Orientia tsutsugamushi strain from scrub typhus in Australia.
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In a recent case of scrub typhus in Australia, Orientia tsutsugamushi isolated from the patient's blood was tested by sequence analysis of the 16S rDNA gene. The sequence showed a strain of O. tsutsugamushi that was quite different from the classic Karp, Kato, and Gilliam strains. The new strain has been designated Litchfield.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998