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

• Váldodahkkit: María Carolina Silva de la Fuente (Dahkki), Caricia Pérez (Dahkki), Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito (Dahkki), Ruth Pérez (Dahkki), Cecilia Vial (Dahkki), Alexandr Stekolnikov (Dahkki), Katia Abarca (Dahkki), Thomas Weitzel (Dahkki), Gerardo Acosta-Jamett (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: 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...