Identification of trombiculid mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) on rodents from Chiloé Island and molecular evidence of infection with Orientia species
Journal
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
ISSN
1935-2735
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Gerardo Acosta-Jamett
Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito
Esperanza Beltrami
María Carolina Silva-de La Fuente
Ju Jiang
Allen L. Richards
Katia Abarca
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
Cite this document
Acosta-Jamett, G., Martínez-Valdebenito, C., Beltrami, E., Silva-de La Fuente, M. C., Jiang, J., Richards, A. L., Weitzel, T., & Abarca, K. (2020). Identification of trombiculid mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) on rodents from Chiloé Island and molecular evidence of infection with Orientia species. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(1), e0007619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007619
Subjects
animals
;
chile
;
dna, protozoan
;
ectoparasitic infestations
;
orientia tsutsugamushi
;
real-time polymerase chain reaction
;
rodentia
;
scrub typhus
;
trombiculidae
;
zoonoses
;
protozoal dna
;
abrothrix olivacea
;
acari
;
adult
;
animal experiment
;
article
;
bacterium identification
;
bacterium isolation
;
biosafety
;
cervical spine dislocation
;
disease transmission
;
ectoparasite
;
female
;
genetic analysis
;
geographic distribution
;
loxodontomys micropus
;
lung disease
;
male
;
microbial morphology
;
molecular genetics
;
nonhuman
;
oligoryzomys longicaudatus
;
parasite examination
;
prevalence
;
prevention and control
;
real time polymerase chain reaction
;
scrub typhus
;
seasonal variation
;
taxonomy
;
trombiculidae
;
animal
;
chile
;
classification
;
ectoparasitosis
;
epidemiology
;
genetics
;
isolation and purification
;
orientia tsutsugamushi
;
parasitology
;
rodent
;
scrub typhus
;
trombiculidae
;
veterinary medicine
;
zoonosis