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Scrub Typhus in Continental Chile, 2016-2018 1 .
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2019 Jun; Vol. 25 (6), pp. 1214-1217. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jun 17. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Endemic scrub typhus was recently detected on Chiloé Island in southern Chile. We report a series of cases, acquired over a wide geographical range in continental Chile during 2016-2018, demonstrating that this emerging rickettsial infection is also found on the mainland of South America.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Animals
Chile epidemiology
Female
History, 21st Century
Humans
Immunoglobulin G immunology
Immunoglobulin M immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Scrub Typhus history
Scrub Typhus transmission
Vector Borne Diseases
Young Adult
Zoonoses
Orientia tsutsugamushi genetics
Orientia tsutsugamushi immunology
Scrub Typhus epidemiology
Scrub Typhus microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30835200
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181860