Identification of trombiculid mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) on rodents from Chiloé Island and molecular evidence of infection with Orientia species.

• Main Authors: Gerardo Acosta-Jamett (Author), Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito (Author), Esperanza Beltrami (Author), María Carolina Silva-de La Fuente (Author), Ju Jiang (Author), Allen L Richards (Author), Thomas Weitzel (Author), Katia Abarca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Scrub typhus is an emerging vector-borne zoonosis, caused by Orientia spp. and transmitted by larvae of trombiculid mites, called chiggers. It mainly occurs within a region of the Asia-Pacific called the tsutsugamushi triangle, where rodents are known as the most relevant hosts for the tr...