Journal article
Endemic scrub typhus in South America
- Abstract:
- Scrub typhus is a life-threatening zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi organisms that are transmitted by the larvae of trombiculid mites. Endemic scrub typhus was originally thought to be confined to the so called "tsutsugamushi triangle" within the Asia-Pacific region. In 2006, however, two individual cases were detected in the Middle East and South America, which suggested that the pathogen was present farther afield. Here, we report three autochthonous cases of scrub typhus caused by O. tsutsugamushi acquired on Chiloé Island in southern Chile, which suggests the existence of an endemic focus in South America.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1056/NEJMoa1603657
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- totheMahidol–Oxford TropicalMedicineResearchUnit
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- Publisher:
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Journal:
- New England Journal of Medicine More from this journal
- Volume:
- 375
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 954-961
- Publication date:
- 2016-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1533-4406
- ISSN:
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0028-4793
- Pmid:
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27602667
- Language:
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English
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pubs:642232
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uuid:e18cb52f-6b66-4d56-997e-3537952bb203
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pubs:642232
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642232
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2016-10-06
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- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- Copyright © 2016 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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