Scrub Typhus in Continental Chile, 2016–2018

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Weitzel, Thomas, Martínez-Valdebenito, Constanza, Acosta-Jamett, Gerardo, Jiang, Ju, Richards, Allen L., Abarca, Katia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30835200
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181860

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30835200
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181860

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