title: Genetic variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi in domestic rodents, northern China.
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.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhong-Tang
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xian-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Shu-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Hui-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004199:Disease Vectors; D058872:Epidemics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology*; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
keywords: China; Orientia tsutsugamushi; genotype; humans; parasites; phylogeny; rodents; scrub typhus