@article{chen_travanty_garshong_crossley_wasserberg_apperson_roe_ponnusamy_2023, title={Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States}, volume={29}, ISSN={["1080-6059"]}, DOI={10.3201/eid2908.230528}, abstractNote={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.}, number={8}, journal={EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES}, author={Chen, Kaiying and Travanty, Nicholas V. and Garshong, Reuben and Crossley, Dac and Wasserberg, Gideon and Apperson, Charles S. and Roe, R. Michael and Ponnusamy, Loganathan}, year={2023}, month={Aug}, pages={1676–1679} }