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

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...

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Autores principales:	Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Esperanza Beltrami, María Carolina Silva-de La Fuente, Ju Jiang, Allen L Richards, Thomas Weitzel, Katia Abarca
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Colección:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007619
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