Real-time multiplex PCR assay for detection and differentiation of rickettsiae and orientiae

• Main Authors: Daniel H. Paris, Stuart D. Blacksell, John Stenos, Stephen R. Graves, Nathan B. Unsworth, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Paul N. Newton, Nicholas P.J. Day
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19377

The high incidence of rickettsial diseases in Southeast Asia necessitates rapid and accurate diagnostic tools for a broad range of rickettsial agents, including Orientia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus) and Rickettsia typhi (murine typhus), but also spotted fever group infections, which are increasingly...