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Volume 25, Number 6—June 2019
Dispatch

Scrub Typhus in Continental Chile, 2016–20181

Thomas WeitzelComments to Author , Katia AbarcaComments to Author , Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Ju Jiang, and Allen L. Richards
Author affiliations: Clinica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile (T. Weitzel); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (C. Martínez-Valdebenito, K. Abarca); Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (G. Acosta-Jamett); Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (J. Jiang, A.L. Richards)

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Locations of probable exposures (red circles) of 9 scrub typhus patients in continental Chile, 2016–2018. Inset map shows the study area (red box) and the location of Chile (grey shading) within South America.

Figure. Locations of probable exposures (red circles) of 9 scrub typhus patients in continental Chile, 2016–2018. Inset map shows the study area (red box) and the location of Chile (grey shading) within South America.

Main Article

1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 28–November 2, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

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