New Orientia tsutsugamushi strain from scrub typhus in Australia

Authors
Odorico, DM Graves, SR Currie, B Catmull, J Nack, Z Ellis, S Wang, L Miller, DJ
Citation
Dm. Odorico et al., New Orientia tsutsugamushi strain from scrub typhus in Australia, EM INFECT D, 4(4), 1998, pp. 641-644
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
4
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
641 - 644
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(199810/12)4:4<641:NOTSFS>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In a recent case of scrub typhus in Australia, Orientia tsutsugamushi isola ted from the patient's blood was tested by sequence analysis of the 16S rDN A gene. The sequence showed a strain of O, tsutsugamushi that was quite dif ferent from the classic Karp, Kato, and Gilliam strains. The new strain has been designated Litchfield.