Eco-epidemiology of rodent-associated trombiculid mites and infection with Orientia spp. in Southern Chile.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: María Carolina Silva de la Fuente, Caricia Pérez, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Ruth Pérez, Cecilia Vial, Alexandr Stekolnikov, Katia Abarca, Thomas Weitzel, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Chiloé; Pacific; Antarc*; Antarctica; Mite
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011051; https://doaj.org/article/a40c9102015b4b1c8be582891975159a

Background Scrub typhus is a potentially severe infection caused by bacteria of the genus Orientia, endemic in Asia-Pacific and recently discovered in southern Chile. The presented study aimed to determine the prevalence and species richness of rodent-associated trombiculid mites and their infection...