Scrub Typhus in Continental Chile, 2016-2018
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2019
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Endemic scrub typhus was recently detected on Chiloe Island in southern Chile. 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.