Genetic variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi in domestic rodents, northern China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;19(7):1135-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1907.120984.

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

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China / epidemiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Disease Vectors
  • Epidemics
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Mice / microbiology*
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Prevalence
  • Rats / microbiology*
  • Rodent Diseases / epidemiology
  • Rodent Diseases / microbiology*
  • Rodentia / microbiology
  • Scrub Typhus / epidemiology
  • Scrub Typhus / microbiology
  • Scrub Typhus / veterinary*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial