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Volume 12, Number 7, July 2006

Orientia tsutsugamushi in Eschars from Scrub Typhus Patients

Yun-Xi Liu,* Wu-Chun Cao,* Yuan Gao,† Jing-Lan Zhang,† Zhan-Qing Yang,† Zhong-Tang Zhao,‡ and Janet E. Foley§
*State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing, People's Republic of China; †Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jinan, Jinan, People's Republic of China; ‡Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China; and §University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

 
 
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Figure. The locations of typical eschars in 2 representative patients with scrub typhus. A) An eschar on the neck of a patient (03PE1). B) An eschar on the waist of a patient (04PE5).

 

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