Isolation and characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi from rodents captured following a scrub typhus outbreak at a military training base, Bothong district, Chonburi province, central Thailand

• Main Authors: Wuttikon Rodkvamtook, Toon Ruang-areerate, Jariyanart Gaywee, Allen L. Richards, Pimmada Jeamwattanalert, Dharadhida Bodhidatta, Noppadon Sangjun, Anchana Prasartvit, Araya Jatisatienr, Chaiwat Jatisatienr
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79958007108&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50035
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Orientia tsutsugamushi, an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium, is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a vector-borne disease transmitted by infected chiggers (trombiculid mite larvae). In 2002, an outbreak of scrub typhus occurred among Royal Thai Army troops during the annual field tra...