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A time-course comparative clinical and immune response evaluation study between the human pathogenic Orientia tsutsugamushi strains: Karp and Gilliam in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) model

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Background
Scrub typhus is a vector-borne febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi transmitted by the bite of Trombiculid mites. O. tsutsugamushi has a high genetic diversity and is increasingly recognized to have a wider global distribution than previously assumed.

Methodology/principle findings
We evaluated the clinical outcomes and host immune responses of the two most relevant human pathogenic strains of O. tsutsug...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pntd.0010611

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0000-0002-8956-4253
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MORU Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
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MORU Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
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University of Oxford
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MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Research group:
MORU Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
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ORCID:
0000-0001-5665-6293


Publisher:
Public Library of Science
Journal:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases More from this journal
Volume:
16
Issue:
8
Article number:
e0010611
Publication date:
2022-08-04
Acceptance date:
2022-06-27
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EISSN:
1935-2735
ISSN:
1935-2727
Pmid:
35925895


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English
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Pubs id:
1272607
Local pid:
pubs:1272607
Deposit date:
2022-11-08

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