Scrub typhus reported in Chile
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#1TMF7)
The Rickettsial infection, scrub typhus, a disease primarily found in Asia, has been reported for the first time in Ancud, a city on Chiloi(C) Island, in Chile's Lake District. In January 2015 and again in early 2016 three cases were discovered in Ancud, according to a Yahoo Noticias report (computer translated). Scrub typhus, caused by the bacterium ["]
