Genetic Variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Domestic Rodents, Northern China

Zhang, Meng; Zhao, Zhong-Tang; Wang, Xian-Jun; Li, Zhong; Ding, Lei; Ding, Shu-Jun; Yang, Hui-Li

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Genetic Variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Domestic Rodents, Northern China

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Jul 2013
By Zhang, Meng ; Zhao, Zhong-Tang ; Wang, Xian-Jun ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Zhang, Meng ; Zhao, Zhong-Tang ; Wang, Xian-Jun ; Li, Zhong ; Ding, Lei ; Ding, Shu-Jun ; Yang, Hui-Li
Description:

We screened Orientia tsutsugamushi from 385 domestic rodents and 19 humans with scrub typhus in rural Tai'an District, Shandong Province, a new scrub typhus epidemic area in northern China. Sequence analysis identified 7 genotypes in the rodents, of which 2 were also identified in the humans.
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Animals Disease Vectors Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Epidemics Genetic Variation Genotype Humans Mice Phylogeny Prevalence Rats Rodent Diseases Rodentia Scrub Typhus
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(7):1135-1137.
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Journal Article
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China
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Asia
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19
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7
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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