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Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023
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Molecular Detection of Candidatus Orientia chuto in Wildlife, Saudi Arabia

Hadil A. Alkathiry, Samia Q. Alghamdi, Holly E.J. Morgan, Madeleine E. Noll, Jing J. Khoo, Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, and Benjamin L. MakepeaceComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saudi Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.A. Alkathiry); University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, UK (H.A. Alkathiry, H.E.J. Morgan, M.E. Noll, J.J. Khoo, B.L. Makepeace); Al-Bahah University, Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia (S.Q. Alghamdi); King Saud University, Riyadh (A.N. Alagaili)

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Table 1

Wild rodents screened during molecular detection of Candidatus Orientia chuto in wildlife, Saudi Arabia*

Common name Latin name Province
Asir Al-Bahah
Eastern spiny mouse Acomys dimidiatus 27 48
Wagner’s gerbil Dipodillus dasyurus 0 4
House mouse
 Mus musculus
 0
 3
Total 27 55

*Rodents were identified by amplification of a fragment of the cytochrome B gene and sequences were uploaded to the Barcode of Life Data System version 4 (https://boldsystems.org), under project code HAK.

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