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Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States. 2023

Kaiying Chen, and Nicholas V Travanty, and Reuben Garshong, and Dac Crossley, and Gideon Wasserberg, and Charles S Apperson, and R Michael Roe, and Loganathan Ponnusamy

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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D000084162 Orientia A genus of intracellular, gram-negative obligate bacteria belonging to the family RICKETTSIACEAE and the phylum PROTEOBACTERIA. This genus also includes ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI which is a known cause of SCRUB TYPHUS transmitted to humans by various TROMBICULID MITES.
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001419 Bacteria One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and ARCHAEA), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls, multiply by cell division, and exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to OXYGEN: aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic; by the mode by which they obtain their energy: chemotrophy (via chemical reaction) or PHOTOTROPHY (via light reaction); for chemotrophs by their source of chemical energy: CHEMOLITHOTROPHY (from inorganic compounds) or chemoorganotrophy (from organic compounds); and by their source for CARBON; NITROGEN; etc.; HETEROTROPHY (from organic sources) or AUTOTROPHY (from CARBON DIOXIDE). They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their CELL WALLS) with CRYSTAL VIOLET dye: gram-negative or gram-positive. Eubacteria
D012285 Orientia tsutsugamushi A gram-negative, rod-shaped to coccoid bacterium. It is the etiologic agent of SCRUB TYPHUS in humans and is transmitted by mites from rodent reservoirs. Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
D012377 Rodentia A mammalian order which consists of 29 families and many genera. Beavers,Capybaras,Castor Beaver,Dipodidae,Hydrochaeris,Jerboas,Rodents,Beaver,Capybara,Hydrochaeri,Jerboa,Rodent,Rodentias
D012612 Scrub Typhus An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash. Tsutsugamushi Disease,Typhus, Scrub,Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection,Tsutsugamushi Fever,Disease, Tsutsugamushi,Diseases, Tsutsugamushi,Fever, Tsutsugamushi,Fevers, Tsutsugamushi,Infection, Orientia tsutsugamushi,Infections, Orientia tsutsugamushi,Orientia tsutsugamushi Infections,Tsutsugamushi Diseases,Tsutsugamushi Fevers
D014324 Trombiculidae Family of MITES in the superfamily Trombiculoidea, suborder Prostigmata, which attack humans and other vertebrates, causing DERMATITIS and severe allergic reactions. Chiggers, red bugs, and harvest mites commonly refer to the larval stage of Trombiculid mites, the only parasitic stage of the mite's life cycle. Chiggers,Harvest Mites,Leptotrombidium,Neotrombicula,Red Bugs,Trombicula,Trombiculid Mites,Eutrombicula,Bug, Red,Bugs, Red,Chigger,Eutrombiculas,Harvest Mite,Leptotrombidiums,Mite, Harvest,Mite, Trombiculid,Mites, Harvest,Mites, Trombiculid,Neotrombiculas,Red Bug,Trombiculas,Trombiculid Mite
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.

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