WEITZEL, THOMASTHOMASWEITZELMaría Carolina Silva-de la FuenteConstanza Martínez-ValdebenitoAlexandr A StekolnikovCaricia PérezRuth PérezKatia AbarcaVIAL COX, MARIA CECILIAMARIA CECILIAVIAL COXGerardo Acosta-Jamett2023-01-092023-01-092021Weitzel, 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/ciab748https://repositorio.udd.cl/handle/11447/5868https://investigadores.udd.cl/handle/123456789/505010.1093/cid/ciab7482-s2.0-85131222516WOS:000756558500001<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>Resource Types::text::journal::journal article