Jean François CossonMaxime GalanEmilie BardMaria RazzautiMaria BernardSerge MorandCarine BrouatAmbroise DaleckyKhalilou BâNathalie CharbonnelMuriel Vayssier-TaussatINRA Institut National de La Recherche AgronomiqueGenetique Animale et Biologie IntegrativeCIRADMahidol UniversityIRD Institut de Recherche pour le DeveloppementLaboratoire Population-Environnement-DeveloppementCBGP2018-11-232018-11-232015-01-01Parasites and Vectors. Vol.8, No.1 (2015)175633052-s2.0-84925591842https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/36178© 2015 Cosson et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 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.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyArticleSCOPUS10.1186/s13071-015-0784-7