Novel Vector of Scrub Typhus in Sub-Antarctic Chile: Evidence From Human Exposure

Journal
Clinical Infectious Diseases
ISSN
1058-4838
1537-6591
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
María Carolina Silva-de la Fuente
Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito
Alexandr A Stekolnikov
Caricia Pérez
Ruth Pérez
Katia Abarca
Gerardo Acosta-Jamett
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85131222516
WoS ID
WOS:000756558500001
DOI
URL
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>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.</jats:p>
Cite this document
Weitzel, T., Silva-de La Fuente, M. C., Martínez-Valdebenito, C., Stekolnikov, A. A., Pérez, C., Pérez, R., Vial, C., Abarca, K., & Acosta-Jamett, G. (2022). Novel vector of scrub typhus in sub-antarctic chile: Evidence from human exposure. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(10), 1862-1865. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab748
Project(s)
Subjects
scrub typhus

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orientia species

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trombiculid mite

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trombiculiasis

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herpetacarus antarctica

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animals

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antarctic regions

; 

chile

; 

humans

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orientia tsutsugamushi

; 

scrub typhus

; 

trombiculidae

; 

doxycycline

; 

adult

; 

article

; 

chile

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controlled study

; 

disease carrier

; 

disease reservoir

; 

disease transmission

; 

ecology

; 

environmental exposure

; 

female

; 

herpetacarus antarctica

; 

human

; 

nonhuman

; 

real time polymerase chain reaction

; 

scrub typhus

; 

semi-nested polymerase chain reaction

; 

summer

; 

trombiculiasis

; 

trombiculidae

; 

animal

; 

antarctica

; 

orientia tsutsugamushi

; 

scrub typhus