Table 6.

Nucleotide homologies of partial 56-kDa TSA gene between Orientia tsutsugamushi strains

Reference strain	Homologies (%)
	TAM1	TAM2	TAM3	TAM5	YNM1	YNM2	YNM5	TAT1
Kawasaki	69.8	96.4	96.4	96.5	96.5	96.5	96.5	96.5
Shimokoshi	99.4	70.4	70.4	70.4	70.4	70.4	70.4	70.4
Shandong-XDM2	71.2	99.9	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
CHL	70.7	99.9	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
ZQL	70.5	99.9	99.9	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7
ZZF	70.7	100	100	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9
TADY12-0305	70.3	99.6	99.6	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4
TADY12-0307	70.4	99.6	99.6	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4
YN11-24	70.5	99.9	99.9	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7
TAXT11-1023	70.7	100	100	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9
STAD10-24	70.7	100	100	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9
STAD10-792	69.6	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4
TAXT11-1103	69.6	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4	76.4
TADY11-1168	75.7	70.0	70.0	70.0	70.0	70.0	70.0	70.0