2023 journal article

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

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 29(8), 1676–1679.

By: K. Chen^*, N. Travanty^*, R. Garshong^* , D. Crossley, G. Wasserberg, C. Apperson^*, R. Roe^* , L. Ponnusamy^* 

TL;DR: 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 is reported. (via Semantic Scholar)

10.3201/eid2908.230528

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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.