Scrub Typhus in Continental Chile, 2016-2018 1
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2019
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National Center for Infectious Diseases
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Abstract
Endemic scrub typhus was recently detected on Chiloé Island in southern Chile. We report a series of cases, acquired over a wide geographical range in continental Chile during 2016-2018, demonstrating that this emerging rickettsial infection is also found on the mainland of South America.
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Weitzel, T., Abarca, K., Martínez-Valdebenito, C., Acosta-Jamett, G., Jiang, J., & Richards, A. L. (2019). Scrub Typhus in Continental Chile, 2016–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(6), 1214-1217. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181860.
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Chile, Orientia species, South America, Bacteria, Epidemiology, Rickettsia, Scrub typhus, Vector-borne infections, Zoonoses