Molecular Description of a Novel Orientia Species Causing Scrub Typhus in Chile

Molecular Description of a Novel Orientia Species Causing Scrub Typhus in Chile

Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal rickettsiosis caused by Orientia species intracellular bacteria of the genus Orientia. Although considered to be restricted to the Asia Pacific region, scrub typhus has recently been discovered in southern Chile. We analyzed Orientia gene sequences of 16S rRNA (rr...

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Main Authors: Katia Abarca, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Jenniffer Angulo, Ju Jiang, Christina M. Farris, Allen L. Richards, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Thomas Weitzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Chile
epidemiology
molecular sequence data
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Rickettsiales
scrub typhus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-0918_article

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