Scrub typhus and its etiological agents, Orientia species, have been around for a very long
time. Historical reference to the rickettsial disease scrub typhus was first described in China …

Recent discoveries of basal extracellular Rickettsiales have illuminated divergent
evolutionary paths to host dependency in later-evolving lineages. Family Rickettsiaceae …

In Colombia, tropical febrile illnesses represent one of the most important causes of clinical
attention. Febrile illnesses in the tropics are mainly zoonotic and have a broad etiology. The …

Abstract 'Chiggers'(trombiculid mite larvae) are best known as vectors of rickettsial
pathogens, Orientia spp., which cause a zoonosis, scrub typhus. However, several other …

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 …

In this study, we estimated exposure for Scrub typhus (STG), Typhus (TG) and Spotted fever
groups (SFG) rickettsia using serology at a fine scale (a whole sub-district administration …

The exposure of a research team to chigger mites in southern Chile allowed the first
identification of a trombiculid species as vector and reservoir of scrub typhus outside the …

Scrub typhus is a potentially severe rickettsiosis, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi in the
Asia-Pacific region. Recently, however, two distinct pathogens,“Candidatus Orientia chuto” …

Chiggers are vectors of rickettsial pathogenic bacteria, Orientia spp., that cause the human
disease, scrub typhus, in the Asian–Pacific area and northern Australia (known as the …

Background Little information is available about malaria and scrub typhus co-infection. This
study aimed to investigate the pooled prevalence of malaria and scrub typhus co-infection in …