Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;29(8):1676-1679. doi: 10.3201/eid2908.230528.
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.
恙虫病是一种由东方体属引起的立克次体病,通过感染的幼虫恙螨(恙螨)传播。我们报告了在美国北卡罗来纳州一个地区采集的自由生活的恙螨中东方体属的分子检测,该地区流行斑疹热群立克次体感染。