An Intradermal Inoculation Mouse Model for Immunological Investigations of Acute Scrub Typhus and Persistent Infection.

Scrub typhus is a neglected tropical disease, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a Gram-negative bacterium that is transmitted to mammalian hosts during feeding by Leptotrombidium mites and replicates predominantly within endothelial cells. Most studies of scrub typhus in animal models have utilized...

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Main Authors: Lynn Soong, Nicole L Mendell, Juan P Olano, Dedeke Rockx-Brouwer, Guang Xu, Yenny Goez-Rivillas, Claire Drom, Thomas R Shelite, Gustavo Valbuena, David H Walker, Donald H Bouyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4968841?pdf=render