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Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States
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8 2023
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Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(8):1676-1679
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease caused by Orientia spp., is transmitted by infected larval trombiculid mites (chiggers). We report the molecular detection of Orientia species in free-living Eutrombicula chiggers collected in an area in North Carolina, USA, to which spotted fever group rickettsiae infections are endemic.
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Pubmed ID:37486323
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC10370866
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Volume:29
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Issue:8
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