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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research

Molecular Description of a Novel Orientia Species Causing Scrub Typhus in Chile

Katia AbarcaComments to Author , Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito1, Jenniffer Angulo1, Ju Jiang, Christina M. Farris, Allen L. Richards, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, and Thomas WeitzelComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (K. Abarca, C. Martínez-Valdebenito, J. Angulo); Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (J. Jiang, C.M. Farris); Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (A.L. Richards); Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (G. Acosta-Jamett); Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago (T. Weitzel)

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Table 2

Identity matrix of 16S rRNA gene (rrs) showing percentage of pairwise identity of 886 nt consensus sequence of 18 recent Candidatus Orientia chiloensis cases in Chile with the first Orientia case from Chile in 2006, 16 O. tsutsugamushi strains, and Candidatus Orientia chuto

Sequences*† 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1 Chiloensis
2 Chiloe 2006 98.0
3 Chuto 97.0 95.8
4 Boryong 96.7 95.7 97.7
5 Kuroki 96.7 95.7 97.7 100
6 Gilliam 96.5 95.4 97.5 99.7 99.7
7 Karp 96.8 95.8 97.8 99.8 99.8 99.6
8 Kawasaki 96.7 95.7 97.1 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.3
9 Ikeda 96.9 95.9 97.9 99.7 99.7 99.5 99.8 99.2
10 Kato 96.9 95.9 97.9 99.7 99.7 99.5 99.8 99.2 100
11 Shimokoshi 96.9 96.1 96.9 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.6 98.6
12 CB35 96.7 95.7 97.9 99.7 99.7 99.5 99.8 99.2 99.7 99.7 98.4
13 TA678 96.6 95.6 97.6 99.6 99.6 99.4 99.7 99.0 99.6 99.6 98.3 99.6
14 TA763 96.5 95.4 97.5 99.5 99.5 99.3 99.6 98.9 99.5 99.5 98.1 99.5 99.6
15 TH1817 96.5 95.6 97.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 98.9 99.5 99.5 98.1 99.5 99.4 99.3
16 UT176 96.8 95.8 97.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.3 99.6 99.6 98.5 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.6
17 UT76 96.8 95.8 97.8 99.8 99.8 99.6 100 99.3 99.8 99.8 98.5 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.7
18 Litchfield
96.6
95.6
97.1
99.2
99.2
99.2
99.3
98.9
99.2
99.2
98.5
99.2
99.0
98.9
99.2
99.5
99.3
*All sequences from strains of O. tsutsugamushi except 1 consensus sequence Candidatus Orientia chiloensis; 2 Orientia species; and 3 Candidatus Orientia chuto. 
†Numbers in the column headers (top row) indicate the same sequences as those associated with the same numbers in the first column. 
GenBank accession numbers: 2, HM 15510.1; 3, HM852447.1; 4, AM494475.1; 5, D38626.1; 6, L36222.1; 7, NR_025860.1; 8, D38625.1; 9, AP008981.1; 10, D38624.1; 11, D38627.1; 12, GU068051.1; 13, AF479301.1; 14, AF479299.1; 15, AF479300.1; 16, LS398547.1; 17, LS398552.1; 18, AF062074.1.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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