Novel vector of scrub typhus in subantarctic Chile - evidence from human exposure.
Thomas WeitzelMaría Carolina Silva-de la FuenteConstanza Martínez-ValdebenitoAlexandr A StekolnikovCaricia PérezRuth PérezCecilia VialKatia AbarcaGerardo Acosta-JamettPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
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.