Molecular Detection of Candidatus Orientia chuto in Wildlife, Saudi Arabia

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 402 - 406
• Main Authors: Alkathiry, Hadil A., Alghamdi, Samia Q., Morgan, Holly E.J., Noll, Madeleine E., Khoo, Jing J., Alagaili, Abdulaziz N., Makepeace, Benjamin L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.02.2023; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild; bacteria; Candidatus Orientia chuto; Causes of; Dengue fever; Diseases; Dispatch; Field study; Genetic aspects; Humans; Identification and classification; Molecular Detection of; Orientia chuto in Wildlife, Saudi Arabia; Orientia tsutsugamushi - genetics; parasites; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Rickettsia; Rodentia; Rodents; Saudi Arabia - epidemiology; Scrub typhus; Scrub Typhus - diagnosis; Scrub Typhus - epidemiology; Scrub Typhus - veterinary; Small mammals; Trombiculidae - microbiology; Typhus; vector-borne infections; Wildlife; Wildlife diseases; zoonoses; Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula; Dubai United Arab Emirates; United Arab Emirates; Kenya; Africa; Asir; bacteria; Hijaz; Acomys; Al-Bahah; chigger; zoonoses; Candidatus Orientia chuto; Dipodillus; scrub typhus; Saudi Arabia; vector-borne infections; parasites

Scrub typhus is a zoonosis caused by 3 species of Orientia bacteria, including Candidatus Orientia chuto. This species is known only from a human case in Dubai and infections in wildlife in Kenya. We report molecular detection of Candidatus O. chuto in 2 wild rodent species from Saudi Arabia.