title: New Orientia tsutsugamushi strain from scrub typhus in Australia.
abstract: In a recent case of scrub typhus in Australia, Orientia tsutsugamushi isolated from the patient's blood was tested by sequence analysis of the 16S rDNA gene. The sequence showed a strain of O. tsutsugamushi that was quite different from the classic Karp, Kato, and Gilliam strains. The new strain has been designated Litchfield.
authors.affiliation: James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Odorico
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Currie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Catmull
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nack
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S