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Molecular Detection of Candidatus Orientia chuto in Wildlife,Saudi Arabia |
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| Authors: | Hadil A. Alkathiry Samia Q. Alghamdi Holly E.J. Morgan Madeleine E. Noll Jing J. Khoo Abdulaziz N. Alagaili Benjamin L. Makepeace |
| Affiliation: | Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saudi Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A. Alkathiry);University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, UK (H.A. Alkathiry, H.E.J. Morgan, M.E. Noll, J.J. Khoo, B.L. Makepeace);Al-Bahah University, Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia (S.Q. Alghamdi); King Saud University, Riyadh (A.N. Alagaili) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | scrub typhus bacteria Candidatus Orientia chuto zoonoses vector-borne infections parasites Hijaz Asir Al-Bahah chigger Acomys Dipodillus Saudi Arabia |