Scrub typhus is a serious public health problem in the Asia-Pacific area. It threatens one
billion people globally, and causes illness in one million people each year. Caused by …

The Rickettsiales are a group of obligate intracellular vector-borne Gram-negative bacteria
that include many organisms of clinical and agricultural importance, including Anaplasma …

Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an important and neglected vector-borne
zoonotic disease with an expanding known distribution. The ecology of the disease is …

Ecology and epidemiology. Scrub typhus is a life-threatening infectious disease that
presents as an acute undifferentiated febrile illness. Its agent, Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an …

It is estimated that approximately one billion people are at risk of infection with obligate
intracellular bacteria, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms that govern their …

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Intracellular bacteria have developed numerous strategies to hijack host vesicular trafficking
pathways to form their unique replicative niches. To promote intracellular replication, the …

Abstract Trombiculid mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) are distributed worldwide ectoparasites of
a wide range of vertebrates. More than 50 species are known to bite humans, and about 20 …

Background Scrub typhus is a major cause of acute febrile illness in the tropics and is
endemic over large areas of the Asia Pacific region. The national and global burden of scrub …

Scrub typhus is an understudied, potentially lethal disease caused by infection with Orientia
tsutsugamushi. Despite causing an estimated 1 million cases per year and an increasing …