Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi.

Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi.

<h4>Background</h4>Orientia tsutsugamushi is a clinically important but neglected obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen of the Rickettsiaceae family that causes the potentially life-threatening human disease scrub typhus. In contrast to the genome reduction seen in many obligate intr...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M Batty, Suwittra Chaemchuen, Stuart Blacksell, Allen L Richards, Daniel Paris, Rory Bowden, Caroline Chan, Ramkumar Lachumanan, Nicholas Day, Peter Donnelly, Swaine Chen, Jeanne Salje
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006566

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