Scrub Typhus in Continental Chile, 2016-20181.

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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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 6, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Weitzel T, Martínez-Valdebenito C, Acosta-Jamett G, Jiang J, Richards AL, Abarca K Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research