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

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Silva, María, Pérez, Caricia, Martínez, Constanza, Pérez, Ruth, Vial Cox, María Cecilia, Stekolnikov, Alexandr, Abarca, Katia, Thomas Weitzel, Weitzel, Thomas, Acosta, Gerardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Chile / epidemiology; Orientia tsutsugamushi / genetics; Rodentia; Scrub Typhus / epidemiology; Scrub Typhus / microbiology; Trombiculidae / microbiology; Animals; Chiloé; Pacific; Antarc*; Antarctica; Mite
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11447/9039; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011051

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 infectio...