Table 3 Strains or closely related strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT) identified in chiggers collected from small mammals in Taiwan during 2006–2010
From: Surveillance of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Taiwan
OT strains | Similarity to the closest strain (length of nucleotide) | Genotype | No. of strains (% of total) | GenBank accession no. | Sites (no. of identification) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CH0711a | 98Â % (145/148) | Karp | 5 (4.7) | GQ332749 | Penghu (1); Taichung (4) |
HC0605a | 100Â % (102/102) | Kato | 2 (1.9) | GQ332761 | Hualien (2) |
Hualien-5 | 100Â % (102/102) | Kato | 3 (2.8) | AY714316 | Hualien (3) |
KM02 | 100Â % (123/123) | Gilliam | 1 (0.9) | GU120147 | Taitung (1) |
KM0605a | 100Â % (145/145) | Karp | 11 (10.3) | GQ332742 | Kinmen (3); Matsu (1); Penghu (6); Taitung (1) |
KM0606a | 100Â % (126/126) | Kawasaki | 17 (15.9) | GQ332760 | Hualien (8); Penghu (7); Taitung (2) |
MZ01-2 | 100Â % (126/126) | Karp | 7 (6.5) | GU120156 | Taitung (7) |
OTSH7 | 100Â % (126/126) | Kawasaki | 3 (2.8) | KF777269 | Hualien (3) |
OTSh30 | 100Â % (108/108) | Kawasaki | 1 (0.9) | KF777288 | Taitung (1) |
TA678 | 95 (105/111) | TA678 | 1 (0.9) | U19904 | Hualien (1) |
TP0607a | 100 (126/126) | Karp | 36 (33.6) | GQ332744 | Hualien (10); Kinmen (11); Matsu (3); Taitung (3); Yilan (9) |
TP0708a | 100 (126/126) | Karp | 12 (11.2) | GQ332745 | Hualien (7); Kinmen (1); Penghu (1); Taitung (2); Yilan (1) |
TT03-2 | 100 (102/102) | Kato | 1 (0.9) | GU120169 | Hualien (1) |
TT04 | 100 (102/102) | Kato | 2 (1.9) | GU120170 | Penghu (2) |
TT0711a | 100 (126/126) | Kawasaki | 5 (4.7) | GQ332742 | Taichung (1); Yilan (4) |