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- Title
Endemic Scrub Typhus--like Illness, Chile.
- Authors
Balcells, M. Elvira; Rabagliati, Ricardo; García, Patricia; Poggi, Helena; Oddó, David; Concha, Marcela; Abarca, Katia; Jiang, Ju; Kelly, Daryl J.; Richards, Allen L.; Fuerst, Paul A.
- Abstract
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 specimen of the eschar on the patient's leg. Serologic analysis showed immunoglobulin G conversion against O. tsutsugamushi whole cell antigen. This case and its associated molecular analyses suggest that an Orientia-like agent is present in the Western Hemisphere that can produce scrub typhus-like illness. The molecular analysis suggests that the infectious agent is closely related, although not identical, to members of the Orientia sp. from Asia.
- Subjects
CHILOE Island (Chile); CHILE; ENDEMIC plants; TYPHUS fever; LEECHES; INFECTION
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 9, p1659
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1709.100960