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- Title
The genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi, identified in scrub typhus patients in northern Vietnam.
- Authors
Nguyen, Hang L. K.; Pham, Hang T. T.; Nguyen, Tinh V.; Hoang, Phuong V. M.; Le, Mai T. Q.; Taichiro Takemura; Futoshi Hasebe; Daisuke Hayasaka; Akio Yamada; Kozue Hotta
- Abstract
Background: There are an estimated one million patients with scrub typhus in the Asia-Pacific region. There are few reports describing the incidence of scrub typhus in Vietnam. Methods: Blood samples collected from 63 patients clinically diagnosed as having scrub typhus from July 2015 to September 2016 were subjected to genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Results and Conclusions: Of these patients, 42 (67%) tested positive for O. tsutsugamushi, and the most common genotype was identified to be Karp (55%). Other genotypes, TA763, Gilliam type in Japan variant, and Kato were also found in 17%, 17% and 12% of patients, respectively. To better understand the epidemiological landscape of scrub typhus in Vietnam, a countrywide study is needed.
- Subjects
TYPHUS fever; RICKETTSIAL diseases; TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease; BLOOD sampling; BLOOD testing
- Publication
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2017, Vol 111, Issue 3, p137
- ISSN
0035-9203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/trstmh/trx022