Use of eschar swabbing for the molecular diagnosis and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi causing scrub typhus in Quang Nam province, Vietnam

• Nhiem Le Viet,

  Affiliations URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France, Department of Tropical Diseases, Quang Nam Central General Hospital, Quang Nam, Vietnam

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• Maureen Laroche,

  Affiliation URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France

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• Hoa L. Thi Pham,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Nho L. Viet,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Quang Nam Central General Hospital, Quang Nam, Vietnam

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• Oleg Mediannikov,

  Affiliation URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France

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• Didier Raoult,

  Affiliation URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France

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• Philippe Parola

  * E-mail: philippe.parola@univ-amu.fr

  Affiliation URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France

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