Detection of Orientia sp. DNA in rodents from Asia, West Africa and Europe

• Main Authors: Jean François Cosson, Maxime Galan, Emilie Bard, Maria Razzauti, Maria Bernard, Serge Morand, Carine Brouat, Ambroise Dalecky, Khalilou Bâ, Nathalie Charbonnel, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
• Other Authors: INRA Institut National de La Recherche Agronomique
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/36178
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2015 Cosson et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Orientia bacterium is the agent of the scrub typhus, a seriously neglected life-threatening disease in Asia. Here, we report the detection of DNA of Orientia in rodents from Europe and Africa. These findings have important implications for public health...