| isolation of a novel orientia species (o. chuto sp. nov.) from a patient infected in dubai. | in july 2006, an australian tourist returning from dubai, in the united arab emirates (uae), developed acute scrub typhus. her signs and symptoms included fever, myalgia, headache, rash, and eschar. orientia tsutsugamushi serology demonstrated a 4-fold rise in antibody titers in paired serum collections (1:512 to 1:8,192), with the sera reacting strongest against the gilliam strain antigen. an orientia species was isolated by the in vitro culture of the patient's acute blood taken prior to antib ... | 2010 | 20926708 |