A Hematogenously Disseminated Orientia tsutsugamsushi-Infected Murine Model of Scrub Typhus

• Thomas R. Shelite,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Tais B. Saito,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Nicole L. Mendell,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Bin Gong,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Guang Xu,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Lynn Soong,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Gustavo Valbuena,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Donald H. Bouyer,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• David H. Walker

  * E-mail: dwalker@utmb.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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