Detection of Orientia sp. DNA in rodents from Asia, West Africa and Europe

Orientia bacterium is the agent of the scrub typhus, a seriously neglected life-threatening disease in Asia. Here, we report the detection of DNA of Orientia in rodents from Europe and Africa. These findings have important implications for public health. Surveillance outside Asia, where the disease...

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Published in:Parasites & vectors 2015-03, Vol.8 (1), p.172-172, Article 172
Main Authors: Cosson, Jean François, Galan, Maxime, Bard, Emilie, Razzauti, Maria, Bernard, Maria, Morand, Serge, Brouat, Carine, Dalecky, Ambroise, Bâ, Khalilou, Charbonnel, Nathalie, Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa, Western - epidemiology
Animals
Asia - epidemiology
bacteria
DNA
DNA, Bacterial - chemistry
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Emerging disease
Europe - epidemiology
Humans
Letter to the Editor
Life Sciences
Metagenomics
monitoring
Orientia
Orientia tsutsugamushi - genetics
Orientia tsutsugamushi - isolation & purification
parasites
Phylogeny
public health
Rodent-borne disease
Rodentia - microbiology
Rodents
Santé publique et épidémiologie
Scrub typhus
Scrub Typhus - epidemiology
Scrub Typhus - microbiology
Scrub Typhus - veterinary
Zoonoses
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Summary:Orientia bacterium is the agent of the scrub typhus, a seriously neglected life-threatening disease in Asia. Here, we report the detection of DNA of Orientia in rodents from Europe and Africa. These findings have important implications for public health. Surveillance outside Asia, where the disease is not expected by sanitary services, needs to be improved.
ISSN:1756-3305
1756-3305
DOI:10.1186/s13071-015-0784-7