Molecular Detection of <i>Candidatus</i> Orientia chuto in Wildlife, Saudi Arabia
Hadil A. Alkathiry, Samia Q. Alghamdi, Holly E.J. Morgan, Madeleine E. Noll, Jing Jing Khoo, Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Benjamin L. Makepeace
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.
Topics & Concepts
ZoonosisCandidatusOrientia tsutsugamushiScrub typhusWildlifeBiologyRickettsiosisVirologyRickettsialesTick-borne disease16S ribosomal RNABacteriaRickettsiaEcologyTickVirusGeneticsVector-borne infectious diseasesPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research