Genotypic characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi from patients in two geographical locations in Sri Lanka.

Ranjan PremaratnaLucas S BlantonDilhar N SamaraweeraG Nalika N de SilvaNilmini T G A ChandrasenaDavid H WalkerH J de Silva

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2017)

We observed all three main OT genotypes in Sri Lanka, and the majority fell into Thai Karp related clade. These results demonstrate great antigenic diversity of OT in the studied areas of Sri Lanka.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes