Wimalasekara, R.L.; Fernando, K.; Premaratna, R.; Seneviratne, K.N.; Jayathilaka, N.
(Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2022-01-19)
Scrub typhus (ST) is a febrile illness in human caused by intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT). OT is transmitted to humans via a chigger bite leaving an eschar at the bite site. High genotypic diversity ...