Weitzel, ThomasMartínez-Valdebenito, ConstanzaAcosta-Jamett, GerardoJiang, JuRichards, AllenAbarca, Katia2020-03-272020-03-272019Weitzel, 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.http://hdl.handle.net/11447/3188https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181860Endemic 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.enChileOrientia speciesSouth AmericaBacteriaEpidemiologyRickettsiaScrub typhusVector-borne infectionsZoonosesArticle