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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025

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Genetic Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi, Bhutan, 2015

Tshokey TshokeyComments to Author , John Stenos, Mythili Tadepalli, Chelsea Nguyen, and Stephen R. Graves
Author affiliation: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan (T. Tshokey); Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (T. Tshokey); Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (T. Tshokey, J. Stenos, M. Tadepalli, C. Nguyen, S.R. Graves)

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Antibody test results of microimmunofluorescence assay screening and end titer for scrub typhus in study of Orientia tsutsugamushi, Bhutan, 2015*

Sample no. Positive threshold Orientia tsutsugamushi serotype test result
 Orientia chuto
Gilliam
 Karp
 Kato
IgG IgM IgG IgM IgG IgM IgG IgM
Bhutan1 >1:128 1:256 1:2,048 <1:128 1:4,096 <1:128 1:4,096 <1:128 <1:128
Bhutan3 >1:128 <1:128 1:2,048 <1:128 1:4,096 <1:128 1:4,096 <1:128 <1:128
Bhutan5 >1:128 <1:128 1:1,024 <1:128 1:1,024 <1:128 1:1,024 <1:128 <1:128
Bhutan6 >1:128 1:1,024 1:1,024 1:1024 1:1,024 1:1,024 1:1,024 <1:128 <1:128
Bhutan7 >1:128 1:256 1:512 1:512 1:512 1:256 1:256 <1:128 <1:128

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