Novel vector of scrub typhus in subantarctic Chile - evidence from human exposure
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2021
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Abstract
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.
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Weitzel T, Silva-de la Fuente MC, Martínez-Valdebenito C, Stekolnikov AA, Pérez C, Pérez R, Vial C, Abarca K, Acosta-Jamett G. Novel vector of scrub typhus in subantarctic Chile - evidence from human exposure. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 28:ciab748.doi:10.1093/cid/ciab748
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Chile Herpetacarus antarctica, Orientia species, Scrub typhus, Trombiculiasis, Trombiculid mite, Vector