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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research

Molecular Description of a Novel Orientia Species Causing Scrub Typhus in Chile

Katia AbarcaComments to Author , Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito1, Jenniffer Angulo1, Ju Jiang, Christina M. Farris, Allen L. Richards, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, and Thomas WeitzelComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (K. Abarca, C. Martínez-Valdebenito, J. Angulo); Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (J. Jiang, C.M. Farris); Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (A.L. Richards); Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (G. Acosta-Jamett); Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago (T. Weitzel)

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Table 1

Epidemiologic, clinical, and diagnostic features of 18 scrub typhus patients, southern Chile, 2016–2019*

Patient no. Isolate no. Patient age, y/sex Exposure
 Clinical signs
 qPCR results
 Ref.
Date Region Fever Rash Eschar Buffy coat Eschar
1 BM2016-I 55/M 2016 Feb Los Lagos† Yes Yes Yes Positive ND (9)
2 LC2016-I 42/M 2016 Feb Los Lagos† Yes No Yes ND Positive (30)
3 MS2016-M 43/M 2016 Mar Aysén Yes Yes Yes Positive Positive (15)
4 IS2017-M 56/M 2017 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes Positive Positive (15)
5 NV2017-I 73/M 2017 Feb Los Lagos† Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)
6 AE2018-M 25/M 2018 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (15)
7 FC2018-M 22/F 2018 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes Positive Positive (15)
8 AF2018-M 39/M 2018 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes Positive Positive (15)
9 EC2018-M 28/M 2018 Feb Biobío Yes Yes Yes Positive Positive (15)
10 VP2018-M 21/F 2018 Mar Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes Positive Positive (15)
11 SH2018-M 49/F 2018 Dec Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes Negative Positive (30)
12 GM2019-I 30/F 2019 Feb Los Lagos† Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)
13 JC2019-I 54/M 2019 Feb Los Lagos† Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)
14 CC2019-M 63/M 2019 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)
15 CV2019-M 23/F 2019 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)
16 MA2019-M 53/M 2019 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)
17 MV2019-M 54/F 2019 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)
18 SG2019-M 41/M 2019 Feb Los Lagos Yes Yes Yes ND Positive (30)

*ND, not done; ref., reference.
†Chiloé Island.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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