AUG 4, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Molecular detection and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi in human serum samples from a scrub typhus outbreak in Vellore and adjacent districts, Tamil Nadu, India.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Diagnostic validation study in an outbreak setting with modest sample size and primarily descriptive molecular findings; detects pathogen DNA but lacks clinical outcome data or comparative diagnostic accuracy metrics.
Reported
Total serum samples analysed40
IgM ELISA-positive samples9
IgM-negative samples31