Molecular epidemiology of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Cambodia and Central Vietnam reveals a broad region-wide genetic diversity

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-42

  Duong, Veasna ^a   Mai, Trinh Thi Xuan ^b   Blasdell, Kim ^a   Lo, Le Viet ^b   Morvan, Claire ^a   Lay, Sreyrath ^a   Anukool, Wichittra ^c   Wongprompitak, Patimaporn ^c   Suputtamongkol, Yupin ^c   Laurent, Denis ^d   Richner, Beat ^d   Ra, Chheang ^e   Chien, Bui Trong ^b   Frutos, Roger ^f   Buchy, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^b NHA TRANG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Kantha Bopha Hospital   (Cambodia)

^e Calmette Hospital   (Cambodia)

^f CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

56 kDa type specific antigen gene; Cambodia; Genetic diversity; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Phylogenetic analysis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TYPE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GENE; VIET NAM;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 84878135034     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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