An ELISA assay using a combination of recombinant proteins from multiple strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi offers an accurate diagnosis for scrub typhus

BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus (ST) is a disease caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi, an organism that requires a BSL3 laboratory for propagation. The disease is hallmarked by an eschar at the site of the chigger bite, followed by the development of fever, malaise, myalgi...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC Infect Dis
Hauptverfasser: Chao, Chien-Chung, Zhang, Zhiwen, Belinskaya, Tatyana, Thipmontree, Wilawan, Tantibhedyangkul, Wiwit, Silpasakorn, Saowaluk, Wongsawat, Ekkarat, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, Ching, Wei-Mei
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466769/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28601091
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2512-8
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