Abstract
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.
Keywords:
China; Orientia tsutsugamushi; genotype; humans; parasites; phylogeny; rodents; scrub typhus.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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China / epidemiology
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Disease Vectors
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Epidemics
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Genetic Variation
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Genotype
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Humans
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Mice / microbiology*
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Orientia tsutsugamushi / genetics*
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Phylogeny
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Prevalence
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Rats / microbiology*
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Rodent Diseases / epidemiology
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Rodent Diseases / microbiology*
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Rodentia / microbiology
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Scrub Typhus / epidemiology
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Scrub Typhus / microbiology
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Scrub Typhus / veterinary*