Endemic Scrub Typhus–like Illness, Chile

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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Main Authors: M. Elvira Balcells, Ricardo Rabagliati, Patricia García, Helena Poggi, David Oddó, Marcela Concha, Katia Abarca, Ju Jiang, Daryl J. Kelly, Allen L. Richards, Paul A. Fuerst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
scrub typhus
scrub typhus–like illness
Orientia tsutsugamushi
rickettsia
Chile
16S rRNA
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/10-0960_article

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