Comparative pan-genomic analyses of orientia tsutsugamushi reveal an exceptional model of bacterial evolution driving genomic diversity

© 2018 The Authors. Orientia tsutsugamushi, formerly Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, is an obligate intracellular pathogen that causes scrub typhus, an underdiagnosed acute febrile disease with high morbidity. Scrub typhus is transmitted by the larval stage (chigger) of Leptotrombidium mites and is irregu...

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Main Authors: Amy Fleshman, Kristin Mullins, Jason Sahl, Crystal Hepp, Nathan Nieto, Kristin Wiggins, Heidie Hornstra, Daryl Kelly, Teik Chye Chan, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Sabine Dittrich, Phonepasith Panyanivong, Daniel Paris, Paul Newton, Allen Richards, Talima Pearson
Other Authors: University of Oxford
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Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/45071
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Institution: Mahidol University