Detection of Orientia sp. DNA in rodents from Asia, West Africa and Europe Cosson, J. F. Galan, M. Bard, E. Razzauti, M. Bernard, M. Morand, S. /Brouat, Carine /Dalecky, Ambroise Ba, K. Charbonnel, N. Vayssier-Taussat, M. Scrub typhus Zoonoses Emerging disease Rodent-borne disease Metagenomics Orientia bacterium is the agent of the scrub typhus, a seriously neglected life-threatening disease in Asia. Here, we report the detection of DNA of Orientia in rodents from Europe and Africa. These findings have important implications for public health. Surveillance outside Asia, where the disease is not expected by sanitary services, needs to be improved. 2015 text https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064062 fdi:010064062 Cosson J. F., Galan M., Bard E., Razzauti M., Bernard M., Morand S., Brouat Carine, Dalecky Ambroise, Ba K., Charbonnel N., Vayssier-Taussat M.. Detection of Orientia sp. DNA in rodents from Asia, West Africa and Europe. 2015, 8, art. 172 [4 p.] EN ASIE AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST EUROPE FRANCE SENEGAL THAILANDE