Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States

Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease caused by Orientia spp., is transmitted by infected larval trombiculid mites (chiggers). We report the molecular detection of Orientia species in free-living Eutrombicula chiggers collected in an area in North Carolina, USA, to which spotted fever group rickettsia...

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Autores principales: Chen, Kaiying, Travanty, Nicholas V., Garshong, Reuben, Crossley, Dac, Wasserberg, Gideon, Apperson, Charles S., Roe, R. Michael, Ponnusamy, Loganathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37486323
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230528

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37486323
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230528

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