New Genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi Isolated from Humans in Eastern Taiwan

• Hui-Hua Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Hua Yang, I-Tsong Huang

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Emerging Infectious Pathogen Research Laboratory, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

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• I-Tsong Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Hua Yang, I-Tsong Huang

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Chin-Hui Lin,

  Affiliation Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Tren-Yi Chen,

  Affiliation School of Medicine of Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan

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• Li-Kuang Chen

  * E-mail: likuangchen@gmail.com

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Emerging Infectious Pathogen Research Laboratory, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Emergency Medicine Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

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