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Emerg Infect Dis
; 26(8): 1878-1881, 2020 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32687023
ABSTRACT
Serologic and molecular surveillance of serum collected from 152 suspected scrub typhus patients in Myanmar revealed Orientia tsutsugamushi of genotypic heterogeneity. In addition, potential co-infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus was observed in 5 (3.3%) patients. Both scrub typhus and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome are endemic in Myanmar.