Orientia tsutsugamushi in Eschars from Scrub Typhus Patients [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 To verify the value of eschars for the diagnosis of scrub typhus and to characterize genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in patients, we examined eschars and blood specimens of 7 patients from Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, for O ...
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Antigenic Relationships among Human Pathogenic Orientia tsutsugamushi Isolates from Thailand. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BACKGROUND:Scrub typhus is a common cause of undiagnosed febrile illness in certain tropical regions, but can be easily treated with antibiotics. The causative agent, Orientia tsutsugamushi, is antigenically variable which complicates diagnosis and ...
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Intracellular invasion of Orientia tsutsugamushi activates inflammasome in asc-dependent manner. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Orientia tsutsugamushi, a causative agent of scrub typhus, is an obligate intracellular bacterium, which escapes from the endo/phagosome and replicates in the host cytoplasm. O.
Jung-Eun Koo +4 more
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Orientia tsutsugamushi Modulates RIPK3 Cellular Levels but Does Not Inhibit Necroptosis [PDF]
PathogensScrub typhus is an emerging chigger-borne disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi. Necroptosis is a form of programmed cell death (PCD) mediated by RIPK3 (serine/threonine kinase receptor interacting protein 3) and ...
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Utility of next-generation sequencing for the etiological diagnosis of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection [PDF]
Infectious MedicineBackground: Scrub typhus, an acute febrile disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is transmitted to humans through infected chigger mites. We present a case of scrub typhus in a previously healthy man from Shandong Province diagnosed using next ...
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Orientia tsutsugamushi modulates p53, the cell cycle, and genotoxicity to maintain its intracellular niche [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsInfections by intracellular pathogens often cause insult to host cell DNA, which stimulates responses that ultimately eliminate the damaged cell and hence the microbial niche.
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Rare Coinfection of Scrub Typhus and Malaria in Immunocompetent Person [PDF]
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2012 Scrub Typhus, or tsutsugamushi disease is a febrile illness caused by bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae and named Orientia tsutsugamushi. Recently it has been found to endemic in Subhimalayan region of India.Malaria is highly endemic in rest of India
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Survival and Growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Conventional Hemocultures [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Orientia tsutsugamushi, which requires specialized facilities for culture, is a substantial cause of disease in Asia. We demonstrate that O. tsutsugamushi numbers increased for up to 5 days in conventional hemocultures.
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Persistence of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Humans [PDF]
Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2012 We investigated the persistence of viable Orientia tsutsugamushi in patients who had recovered from scrub typhus. Blood specimens were available from six patients with scrub typhus who were at 1 to 18 months after the onset of the illness.
Baek, Ji-hyeon +4 more
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Comparative virulence analysis of seven diverse strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi reveals a multifaceted and complex interplay of virulence factors responsible for disease. [PDF]
PLoS PathogOrientia tsutsugamushi is an obligate intracellular bacterium found in Leptotrombidium mites that causes the human disease scrub typhus. A distinguishing feature of O.
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