Endemic Scrub Typhus–like Illness, Chile

We report a case of scrub typhus in a 54-year-old man who was bitten by several terrestrial leeches during a trip to Chiloé Island in southern Chile in 2006. A molecular sample, identified as related to Orientia tsutsugamushi based on the sequence of the16S rRNA gene, was obtained from a biopsy spec...

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Autores principales: Balcells, M. Elvira, Rabagliati, Ricardo, García, Patricia, Poggi, Helena, Oddó, David, Concha, Marcela, Abarca, Katia, Jiang, Ju, Kelly, Daryl J., Richards, Allen L., Fuerst, Paul A.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888791
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.100960
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author Balcells, M. Elvira
Rabagliati, Ricardo
García, Patricia
Poggi, Helena
Oddó, David
Concha, Marcela
Abarca, Katia
Jiang, Ju
Kelly, Daryl J.
Richards, Allen L.
Fuerst, Paul A.
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Rabagliati, Ricardo
García, Patricia
Poggi, Helena
Oddó, David
Concha, Marcela
Abarca, Katia
Jiang, Ju
Kelly, Daryl J.
Richards, Allen L.
Fuerst, Paul A.
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description We report a case of scrub typhus in a 54-year-old man who was bitten by several terrestrial leeches during a trip to Chiloé Island in southern Chile in 2006. A molecular sample, identified as related to Orientia tsutsugamushi based on the sequence of the16S rRNA gene, was obtained from a biopsy specimen of the eschar on the patient’s leg. Serologic analysis showed immunoglobulin G conversion against O. tsutsugamushi whole cell antigen. This case and its associated molecular analyses suggest that an Orientia-like agent is present in the Western Hemisphere that can produce scrub typhus–like illness. The molecular analysis suggests that the infectious agent is closely related, although not identical, to members of the Orientia sp. from Asia.
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spelling pubmed-33220512012-04-30 Endemic Scrub Typhus–like Illness, Chile Balcells, M. Elvira Rabagliati, Ricardo García, Patricia Poggi, Helena Oddó, David Concha, Marcela Abarca, Katia Jiang, Ju Kelly, Daryl J. Richards, Allen L. Fuerst, Paul A. Emerg Infect Dis Research We report a case of scrub typhus in a 54-year-old man who was bitten by several terrestrial leeches during a trip to Chiloé Island in southern Chile in 2006. A molecular sample, identified as related to Orientia tsutsugamushi based on the sequence of the16S rRNA gene, was obtained from a biopsy specimen of the eschar on the patient’s leg. Serologic analysis showed immunoglobulin G conversion against O. tsutsugamushi whole cell antigen. This case and its associated molecular analyses suggest that an Orientia-like agent is present in the Western Hemisphere that can produce scrub typhus–like illness. The molecular analysis suggests that the infectious agent is closely related, although not identical, to members of the Orientia sp. from Asia. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3322051/ /pubmed/21888791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.100960 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Rabagliati, Ricardo
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Concha, Marcela
Abarca, Katia
Jiang, Ju
Kelly, Daryl J.
Richards, Allen L.
Fuerst, Paul A.
Endemic Scrub Typhus–like Illness, Chile
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