Emerg Infect Dis

eid

Emerging Infectious Diseases

1080-60401080-6059

Centers for Disease Control

9866742

2640248

Research Article

New Orientia tsutsugamushi strain from scrub typhus in Australia.

Odorico

D. M.

Graves

S. R.

Currie

Catmull

Nack

Ellis

Wang

Miller

D. J.

James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Oct-Dec1998

44641644

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.