Weitzel, ThomasMartínez, ConstanzaAcosta, GerardoAbarca, Katia2024-06-032024-06-032023Weitzel T, Martínez-Valdebenito C, Acosta-Jamett G, Abarca K. Notes from the Field: Scrub Typhus Outbreak - Los Lagos Region, Chile, January-February 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023 Jul 7;72(27):753-754. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7227a4https://hdl.handle.net/11447/9002During January 14–February 14, 2023, a total of 36 cases of suspected scrub typhus were reported from the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile. Scrub typhus is a bacterial disease caused by one of three Orientia spp. and transmitted through bites from infected chiggers (larval mites).enArticlehttps://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7227a4