Novel Vector of Scrub Typhus in Sub-Antarctic Chile: Evidence From Human Exposure-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

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

Published:2021-08-28 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Weitzel Thomas¹²^ORCID,Silva-de la Fuente María Carolina³,Martínez-Valdebenito Constanza⁴,Stekolnikov Alexandr A⁵,Pérez Caricia²,Pérez Ruth²,Vial Cecilia²,Abarca Katia⁴,Acosta-Jamett Gerardo³

Affiliation:

1. Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

2. Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina (ICIM), Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

3. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile

4. Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

5. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Abstract

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.

Funder

Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico

FONDECYT

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab748/40835671/ciab748.pdf

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