New Orientia tsutsugamushi strain from scrub typhus in Australia.
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.
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James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Graves
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Currie
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Catmull
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Nack
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Ellis
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Wang
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Miller
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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
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S