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The isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi from human blood through mammalian cell culture – a descriptive series of 3,227 samples and outcomes in the Lao PDR
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In the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) rickettsial infections, including scrub and murine typhus, account for a significant burden of fevers. The Mahosot Hospital Microbiology Laboratory in Vientiane, Laos, routinely performs rickettsial isolation from hospitalised patients with suspected rickettsioses using mammalian cell culture systems. We review the clinical and laboratory factors associated with successful Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi isolations over a period of si...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- American Society for Microbiology Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology Journal website
- Volume:
- 58
- Issue:
- 12
- Article number:
- e01553-20
- Publication date:
- 2020-09-30
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-09-24
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1098-660X
- ISSN:
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0095-1137
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1133338
- Local pid:
- pubs:1133338
- Deposit date:
- 2020-09-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Ming et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2020 Ming et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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