Identification and Characterization of Orientia chuto in Trombiculid Chigger Mites Collected from Wild Rodents in Kenya | Zendy

Clement Masakhwe | Zendy; Piyada Linsuwa | Zendy; Gathii Kimita | Zendy; Beth Mutai | Zendy; Surachai Leepitakrat | Zendy; Santos Yalwala | Zendy; David Abuom | Zendy; Nutthanun Auysawasi | Zendy; Tom Gilbreath | Zendy; Elizabeth Wanja | Zendy; John Waitumbi | Zendy

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Identification and Characterization of Orientia chuto in Trombiculid Chigger Mites Collected from Wild Rodents in Kenya

Author(s) -

Clement Masakhwe,

Piyada Linsuwa,

Gathii Kimita,

Beth Mutai,

Surachai Leepitakrat,

Santos Yalwala,

David Abuom,

Nutthanun Auysawasi,

Tom Gilbreath,

Elizabeth Wanja,

John Waitumbi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01124-18

Subject(s) - orientia tsutsugamushi , scrub typhus , trombiculidae , biology , rodent , veterinary medicine , acari , zoology , virology , ecology , medicine

We present data that concurs with the reported geographical expansion of scrub typhus outside the “Tsutsugamushi Triangle” and addition ofOrientia chuto as a second species in theOrientia genus. Wild rodents were caught in Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya, and ectoparasites, including chiggers, were recovered.

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