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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 3(2), 1954, pp. 356-359
Copyright © 1954 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Isolation of Rickettsia Tsutsugamushi from Rodents from Thailand

Robert Traub1, Phyllis T. Johnson1, Marie L. Miesse1 AND Robert E. Elbel2
Division of Communicable Diseases, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C.; U. S. Special Technical and Economic Mission to Thailand

The isolation of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi from tissues of Thai rodents is reported. Rattus rattus thai is shown to harbor the organism and definite evidence is presented that Bandicota species are infected. Data are presented showing that the isolated strains meet the criteria for Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, as noted from pathological findings, microscopic studies of smears, cross immunity experiments and serology. These constitute the first recorded isolations of the etiologic agent of scrub typhus from Thailand.


1 Army Medical Service Graduate School.


2 U. S. Special Technical and Economic Mission to Thailand.






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