Scrub Typhus Outbreak in Chonburi Province, Central Thailand, 2013

Abstract

Investigation of a scrub typhus outbreak in Thailand during September 2013 found that 9.1% of Thai soldiers and 11.1% of residents living in areas surrounding training sites had antibodies against the causative agent, Orientia tsutsugamushi. Sequence analysis of O. tsutsugamushi from rodents and chiggers identified 7 genogroups and 3 genotypes.

Keywords

• Scrub typhus
• Orientia tsutsugamushi
• seroprevalence
• vector-borne infections
• Thailand
• bacteria