Abstract
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.
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Weitzel, T., Martínez-Valdebenito, C., Acosta-Jamett, G., Jiang, J., Richards, A. L., & Abarca, K. (2019). Scrub typhus in continental Chile, 2016–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(6), 1214–1217. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181860
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