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ArticlePloS one2019

Analysis of the 56-kDa type specific antigen gene of Orientia tsutsugamushi from northern Vietnam.

Nguyen Vu Trung, Le Thi Hoi, Do Duy Cuong, Doan The Ha, Tran Mai Hoa, Vu Ngoc Lien, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Le Nguyen Minh Hoa, Dang Thi Huong, Vu Thi Ngoc Bich and 3 more

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Nguyen Vu TrungNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Le Thi HoiNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Do Duy CuongBach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Doan The HaHanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tran Mai HoaNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Vu Ngoc LienNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Nguyen Thi HoaNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Le Nguyen Minh HoaNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Dang Thi HuongNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Vu Thi Ngoc BichOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia Program, Hanoi, Vietnam.
H Rogier van DoornOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia Program, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Behzad NadjmOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia Program, Hanoi, Vietnam.ORCID 0000-0002-7704-3629
Allen L RichardsNaval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-1065-429X
Hospital for Tropical Diseases · VNOxford University Clinical Research Unit · VNHanoi Medical University · VNBạch Mai Hospital · VNNaval Medical Research Command · US

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 106680/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scrub typhus has been documented since 1932 in Vietnam, however, the disease burden of scrub typhus remains poorly understood in the country. We conducted this study to describe the phylogenetic analysis of the 56-kDa type-specific antigen (TSA) gene of Orientia tsutsugamushi associated with PCR positive cases of scrub typhus. Of 116 positive samples, 65 type-specific antigen gene sequences were obtained and classified into 3 genogroups: Karp, Kato and Gilliam. The Karp genogroup was the most frequently detected phylogenetic cluster in the study with 30 samples (46%), followed by Kato and Gilliam with 20 (31%) and 15 (23%), respectively. All sequences showed 94-100% nucleotide similarity to reference sequences collected in the central part of Vietnam in 2017. Patients infected with Karp genogroup were more likely to have significant thrombocytopenia than the other genogroups. These results suggest that any scrub typhus vaccine considered for use in Vietnam should provide protection against each of these 3 genogroups.

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Antigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsGenotypeHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMolecular TypingMolecular WeightOrientia tsutsugamushiPhylogenyPhylogeographyPrevalenceScrub TyphusSequence Analysis, DNASeverity of Illness IndexVietnamAntigens, BacterialBacterial Proteins

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PMID31469878
PMCPMC6716651
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