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: Rodkvamtook W., Ruang-areerate T., Gaywee J., Richards A.L., Jeamwattanalert P., Bodhidatta D., Sangjun N., Prasartvit A., Jatisatienr A., Jatisatienr C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79958007108&partnerID=40&md5=00feb8d46d98a128a75708a3a3b494f3; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21460017; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/5685
• 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...