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Results showed that 33.9% of 174 trained troops had scrub typhus-like signs and symptoms and 9.8% of those were positive for <jats:italic>O. tsutsugamushi<\/jats:italic>-specific antibodies by indirect fluorescence antibody assay. One hundred thirty-five rodents were captured from this training area, 43% of them had antibodies against <jats:italic>O. tsutsugamushi<\/jats:italic>. Six new <jats:italic>O. tsutsugamushi<\/jats:italic> isolates were obtained from captured rodent tissues and successfully established in cell culture. Phylogenetic studies showed that these six isolates were either unique or related to a native genotype of previously described isolates from Thailand.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2011.09-0768","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,4,1]],"date-time":"2011-04-01T13:23:23Z","timestamp":1301664203000},"page":"599-607","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Isolation and Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi from Rodents Captured following a Scrub Typhus Outbreak at a Military Training Base, Bothong District, Chonburi Province, Central 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