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 t...

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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Acosta-Jamett, Gerardo, Martínez-Valdebenito, Constanza, Beltrami, Esperanza, Silva-de La Fuente, María Carolina, Jiang, Ju, Richards, Allen L., Weitzel, Thomas, Abarca, Katia
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6999909/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31971956
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007619
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