Eco-epidemiology of rodent-associated trombiculid mites and infection with Orientia spp. in Southern Chile.

• Main Authors: María Carolina Silva de la Fuente (Author), Caricia Pérez (Author), Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito (Author), Ruth Pérez (Author), Cecilia Vial (Author), Alexandr Stekolnikov (Author), Katia Abarca (Author), Thomas Weitzel (Author), Gerardo Acosta-Jamett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Scrub typhus is a potentially severe infection caused by bacteria of the genus Orientia, endemic in Asia-Pacific and recently discovered in southern Chile. The presented study aimed to determine the prevalence and species richness of rodent-associated trombiculid mites...