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FIGURE 2

From: Identification of the Target Cells of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Human Cases of Scrub Typhus

FIGURE 2

Immunohistochemically stained O. tsutsugamushiin endothelium in the brain of Case 2 (A [100 ×]; inset, 160 ×), in the lung of Case 3 (B [120 ×]), and kidney of Case 2 (C [100 ×]) and Case 1 (C inset [120 ×]). Liver of Case 3 showing antigen of O. tsutsugamushi in Kupffer cells (D [160 ×]). Spleen of Case 3 showing O. tsutsugamushi in macrophages in the red pulp (F [160 ×]). The heart of Case 3 showing location of O. tsutsugamushi in cardiac muscle cells and also in endothelium (E [160 ×]).

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