First report of an orientia tsutsugamushi type TA716-related scrub typhus infection in thailand

• Main Authors: Rose McGready, Stuart D. Blacksell, Rungnapa Luksameetanasan, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wilairat Jedsadapanpong, Nicholas P.J. Day, Francois Nosten
• Other Authors: Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/29260
• Institution: Mahidol University

Orientia tsutsugamushi causes scrub typhus and is a rural zoonosis endemic in the Asia Pacific region. This is the first report of O. tsutsugamushi TA716-like strain in a human in Thailand. The patient was in the 1st trimester of pregnancy when she developed scrub typhus. The O. tsutsugamushi strain...