Complete genomes of two Ikeda-genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi isolates from South Korea reveal within-lineage divergence and contrast with the Boryong reference strain

• Hyungsuk Kang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyungsuk Kang, Yeon-Joo Choi, Kyeonghye Guk

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Science, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-6748

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• Yeon-Joo Choi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyungsuk Kang, Yeon-Joo Choi, Kyeonghye Guk

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Science, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea

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• Kyeonghye Guk ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyungsuk Kang, Yeon-Joo Choi, Kyeonghye Guk

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Zoonotic and Vector Borne Disease Research, National Institute of Health, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Osong, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

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• Misoon Kim,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Science, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea

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• Kwangjun Lee,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Zoonotic and Vector Borne Disease Research, National Institute of Health, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Osong, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

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• Won-Jong Jang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wjjang@kku.ac.kr

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Medical Science, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Republic of Korea, Division of Research and Development, LabOntier, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2866-4370

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