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Novel Vector of Scrub Typhus in Sub-Antarctic Chile: Evidence From Human Exposure
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2021Autor
Weitzel, Thomas
Silva, María
Martínez, Constanza
Stekolnikov, Alexandr
Pérez, Caricia
Pérez, Ruth
Vial, Cecilia
Abarca, Katia
Acosta, Gerardo
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Resumen
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.