Novel vector of scrub typhus in subantarctic Chile - evidence from human exposure

The exposure of a research team to chigger mites in southern Chile allowed the first identification of a trombiculid species as vector and reservoir of scrub typhus outside the tsutsugamushi triangle, providing unique insights into the ecology and transmission of this recently discovered rickettsial...

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Published in:Clinical Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Weitzel, Thomas, Silva, María Carolina, Martínez, Constanza, Stekolnikov, Alexandr, Pérez, Caricia, Pérez, Ruth, Vial, Cecilia, Abarca, Katia, Acosta, Gerardo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Chile Herpetacarus antarctica
Orientia species
Scrub typhus
Trombiculiasis
Trombiculid mite
Vector
Antarc*
Antarctica
Mite
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11447/5868
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab748
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Summary:The exposure of a research team to chigger mites in southern Chile allowed the first identification of a trombiculid species as vector and reservoir of scrub typhus outside the tsutsugamushi triangle, providing unique insights into the ecology and transmission of this recently discovered rickettsial infection in South America. Versión publicada

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