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Orientia

Orientia

Orientia tsutsugamushi

Scientific classification

Species

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Orientia is a genus of bacteria in family Rickettsiaceae.

They are obligate intracellular gram negative bacteria found in insects and mammals. They are spread through the bites or feces of infected insects.

Species

Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi 1920), previously Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, Scrub typhus.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Orientia". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.

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