Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chen, Kaiying ; Travanty, Nicholas V. ; Garshong, Reuben ; Crossley, Dac ; Wasserberg, Gideon ; Apperson, Charles S. ; Roe, R. Michael ; Ponnusamy, Loganathan
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Bacteria Chigger Mites Detection Of Orientia Spp. Bacteria In Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States Dispatch Eutrombicula North Carolina Orientia Orientia Tsutsugamushi Parasites Rodentia Scrub Typhus Trombiculidae United States Vector-borne Infections

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(8):1676-1679
• Pubmed ID:
  37486323
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10370866
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R03 AI166406/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2a931b1cb9045b66b25ccdb876b610a001deec4c5c12cc15e7e01f328bcfcb24
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132631/cdc_132631_DS1.pdf
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