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Molecular Detection of <i>Candidatus</i> Orientia chuto in Wildlife, Saudi Arabia

Hadil A. Alkathiry, Samia Q. Alghamdi, Holly E.J. Morgan, Madeleine E. Noll, Jing Jing Khoo, Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Benjamin L. Makepeace

Emerging infectious diseases · 2023 · 13 citations · 10 references

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Scrub typhus is a zoonosis caused by 3 species of Orientia bacteria, including Candidatus Orientia chuto. This species is known only from a human case in Dubai and infections in wildlife in Kenya. We report molecular detection of Candidatus O. chuto in 2 wild rodent species from Saudi Arabia.

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