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Novel Vector of Scrub Typhus in Sub-Antarctic Chile: Evidence From Human Exposure
Thomas Weitzel1,2, María Carolina Silva-de la Fuente3, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito4
1Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
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.
