Scrub Typhus Outbreak in Chonburi Province, Central Thailand, 2013.

ABSTRACT: Investigation of a scrub typhus outbreak in Thailand during September 2013 found that 9.1% of Thai soldiers and 11.1% of residents living in areas surrounding training sites had antibodies against the causative agent, Orientia tsutsugamushi. Sequence analysis of O. tsutsugamushi from rodents and chiggers identified 7 genogroups and 3 genotypes.

SUBMITTER: Rodkvamtook W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5782907 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature