Molecular Detection of Candidatus Orientia chuto in Wildlife, Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT: Scrub typhus is a zoonosis caused by 3 species of Orientia bacteria, including Candidatus Orientia chuto. This species is known only from a human case in Dubai and infections in wildlife in Kenya. We report molecular detection of Candidatus O. chuto in 2 wild rodent species from Saudi Arabia.

SUBMITTER: Alkathiry HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9881777 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature