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Thomas Weitzel DTM&#038;P<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:t&#046;&#119;&#101;i&#116;z&#101;l&#064;ud&#100;&#046;c&#108;\" class=\"person-modal__email\">&#116;&#46;w&#101;itz&#101;&#108;&#64;u&#100;&#100;&#46;&#99;&#108;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"modal-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"person-modal__content text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"ES\"><span>\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"ES\">Profesor Titular, Facultad de Medicina Cl\u00ednica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"ES\"><span>\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"ES\">Investigador, ICIM &#8211; Programa Hantavirus y Zoonosis, Chilean Rickettsia and Zoonosis Research Group, Laboratorio Cl\u00ednico &#8211; <span>\u00a0<\/span>Cl\u00ednica Alemana <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"ES\"><span>\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"ES\">Jefe Programa Medicina del Viajero, Cl\u00ednica Alemana de Santiago<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"ES\">\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"ES\"><span>ORCID ID:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9804-2123\"><em>https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9804-2123<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>M\u00e9dico Cirujano y Doctorado en Medicina, Universidad de Kiel (Alemania). Entrenamiento Hospital St. Georg, Hamburgo, y Charit\u00e9, Berl\u00edn, Alemania. Microbi\u00f3logo (Hamburgo, Alemania), Internista (Berl\u00edn, Alemania), subespecialista en enfermedades infecciosas y en medicina tropical (Berl\u00edn, Alemania), diploma de medicina tropical y parasitolog\u00eda (DTM&amp;P, Instituto Bernhard-Nocht Hamburgo, Alemania), M\u00e9dico infect\u00f3logo (Chile).<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>L\u00edneas de investigaci\u00f3n e intereses: Enfermedades trasmitidas por vectores, zoonoses, rickettsias, enfermedades tropicales e importadas, parasitosis, evaluaci\u00f3n de tests diagn\u00f3sticos<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Dr. Thomas Weitzel is a clinical microbiologist and infectious diseases physician specialized in Tropical and Travel Medicine. After obtaining his medical degree from Kiel University, Germany, he completed his specialization in Clinical Microbiology, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Tropical Medicine in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany. From 2000 to 2009, he worked at the Charit\u00e9 Berlin, where he was Head of the Diagnostic Laboratory and parasitology lecturer at the Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health. Since 2009 he works at Cl\u00ednica Alemana in Santiago, Chile, as a Tropical Medicine specialist at Clinical Laboratory and is Head of the Travel Medicine Program. He is teaching and performing research at the Medical Faculty of Universidad del Desarrollo, where he was appointed Full Professor in 2015. His main research interests are emerging zoonotic and vector-borne infections as well as other tropical diseases and the evaluation of diagnostic tests. He is co-founder of the Chilean Rickettsia and Zoonosis Research Group, exploring the field of emerging rickettsial infections in Chile. Up to date, he has published &gt;100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and &gt;20 book chapter and contributes to several journals in editorial functions.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><strong>Publicaciones internacionales seleccionadas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>1.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Zoonosis \/ Infecciones emergentes \/ Enfermedades trasmitidas por vectores <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Salje J, Weitzel T, Newton PN, Varghese GM, Day N. Rickettsial infections: A blind spot in our view of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15: e0009353 (in press) <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Aylwin M, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, Acosta-Jamett G, Abarca K. A tropical rickettsiosis in a subantarctic region: scrub typhus in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Clin Microbiol Infect 2021. DOI: 10.1016\/j.cmi.2020.11.023<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Silva-de la Fuente MC, Stekolnikov AA, Weitzel T, Beltrami E, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, Abarca K, Acosta-Jamett G. Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Chilo\u00e9 Island, Chile, with descriptions of two new species and new data on the genus Herpetacarus. J Med Entomol 2021; 58: 646-57<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Vial MR, Peters A, P\u00e9rez I, Spencer-Sandino M, Barb\u00e9 M, Porte L, Weitzel T, Aylwin M, Vial P,<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Araos R, Munita JM; CAS-UDD Covid-19 Working Group. Covid-19 in South America: Clinical and epidemiological characteristics among 381 patients during the early phase of the pandemic in Santiago, Chile. BMC Infect Dis 2020; 20: 955<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Acosta-Jamett G, Jiang J, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, Farris CM, Richards AL, Abarca K. Human seroepidemiology of Rickettsia and Orientia species in Chile \u2013 a cross-sectional study in five regions. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 11: 101503<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Abarca K, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, Angulo J, Jiang J, Farris CM, Richards AL, Acosta-Jamett G, Weitzel T. Molecular description of a novel Orientia species causing scrub typhus in Chile. Emerg Infect Dis 2020 Sep. doi: 10.3201\/eid2609.200918 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Makepeace BL, Elliott I, Chaisiri K, Richards AL, Newton PN. Marginalised mites \u2013 neglected vectors of neglected diseases. PLOS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14: e0008297<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Acosta-Jametta G, Weitzel T, L\u00f3pez J, Alvarado D, Abarca K. Prevalence and risk factors of antibodies to Anaplasma spp. in Chile \u2013 a household-based cross-sectional study in healthy adults and domestic dogs. Vectors Borne Zoonotic Dis 2020; doi: 10.1089\/vbz.2019.258<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Acosta-Jamett G, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, Beltrami E, Silva-de la Fuente MC, Jiang J, Richards AL, Weitzel T, Abarca K. Identification of trombiculid mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) on rodents captured on Chilo\u00e9 Island and molecular evidence of infection with Orientia species. PLOS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14: e0007619<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Acosta-Jamett G, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito, Richards AL, Grobusch MP, Abarca K. Scrub typhus risk in travelers to southern Chile. Travel Med Infect Dis 2019; 29: 78-9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, Acosta-Jamett G, Jiang J, Richards AL, Abarca K. Scrub typhus in continental Chile, 2016-2018. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 25: 1214-7<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Aylwin M, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, Jiang J, Munita JM, Thompson L, Abarca K, Richards AL. Imported scrub typhus: first case in South America and review of the literature. Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines 2018; 4:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Jiang J, Acosta-Jamett G, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, L\u00f3pez J, Richards AL, Abarca K. Canine seroprevalence to Orientia species in southern Chile: A cross-sectional survey on the Chilo\u00e9 Island. PLOS One 2018; 13: e0200362<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">D\u00edaz F, Mart\u00ednez-Valdebenito C, L\u00f3pez J, Weitzel T, Abarca K. Geographical distribution and phylogenetic analysis of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato in northern and central Chile. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018; 9:792-7 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, L\u00f3pez J, Acosta-Jamett G, Edouard S, Parola P, Abarca K. Absence of convincing evidence of Coxiella burnetii infection in Chile: a cross-sectional serosurvey among healthy adults in four different regions. BMC Infect Dis 2016; 16: 541<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, L\u00f3pez J, Dittrich S, Phuklia W, Vel\u00e1squez K, Blacksell SD, Paris D, Abarca K. Endemic scrub typhus in South America. New Engl J Med 2016; 375: 954-61 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Yamasaki H, Sugiyama H, Ramirez C, Rosas R, Mercado R. Human Infections with Pseudoterranova cattani Nematodes, Chile. Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 12: 1874-5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Acosta-Jamett G*, Weitzel T, Gadones C, Bahamonde A, Abarca K, Reiter-Owona I. Prevalence and risk factors for human and canine echinococcal infection in a rural area of Northern Chile: a household-based cross-sectional study. PLOS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8: e3090 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>Weitzel T, Zulantay I, Danquah I, Hamann L, Apt W, Mockenhaupt FP. Mannose-binding lectin and toll-like receptor polymorphisms and Chagas disease in Chile. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012; 86: 229-32 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">2.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Medicina del Viajero \/ Infecciones importadas<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Perez I, Porte L. Lyme borreliosis presenting as severe back pain after Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing) in southern Germany. J Travel Med 2021; DOI: 10.1093\/jtm\/taab030<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Chenet SM, Oyarce A, Fern\u00e1ndez J, Tapia-Limonchi R, Weitzel T, Tejedo JR, Udhayakumar V, Jercic MI, Lucchi NW. Atovaquone-proguanil resistance in an imported malaria case in Chile. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021; DOI: 10.4269\/ajtmh.20-1095<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Rothe C, Rosenbusch D, Alberer M, B\u00fchler S, Burchard G, Erkens K,<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Feldt T, Grobusch MP, K\u00f6hler C, Kapaun A, L\u00f6bermann M, Meischner K, Metzger W, M\u00fcller A, Nothdurft HD, Rieke B, Schlaich C, Sch\u00f6nfeld C, Schulze MH, Siedenburg J, Steiner F, Veit O, Weitzel T, Boecken G. Vaccinations for international travel \u2013 clinical practice recommendations. Flug u Reisemed 2021; 28: 47-80<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Thompson L, Porte L, D\u00edaz V, D\u00edaz MC, Solar S, Valenzuela P, Norley N, Pires Y, Carre\u00f1o F, Valenzuela S, Shabani R, Rickerts V, Weitzel T. Cryptococcus bacillisporis (VGIII) meningoencephalitis acquired in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. J Fungi 2021, 7, 55<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T. Profile and complexity of travel medicine consultations in Chile: unicentric cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2020; 10: e037903<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Rothe C, Boecken G, Rosenbusch D, Alberer M, Buhler S, Burchard G, Erkens K,<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Feldt T, Grobusch MP, K\u00f6hler C, L\u00f6bermann M, Meischner K, Metzger W, Muller A, Nothdurft HD, Rieke B, Schlaich C, Sch\u00f6nfeld C, Schulze MH, Siedenburg J, Steiner F, Weitzel T, Veit O. Recommendations for antimalarial prophylaxis. Flug u Reisemed 2019; 26: 105-32<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Vial P, Perret C, Aguilera X. Shortage of yellow fever vaccination: a Travel Medicine emergency for Chilean travelers. Travel Med Infect Dis 2019; 28:1-2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Grobusch MP, Schaumburg F, Weitzel T, Rothe C, Hanscheid T, Goorhuis A. Ebola 2018 \u2013 Implications for travel health advice and relevance for travel medicine. Travel Med Infect Dis 2018; 24: 1-3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Soto A, S\u00e1nchez M, Larrondo J. Chronic skin ulcers in a patient returning from Mexico. Lancet Infect Dis 2016; 16: 264<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Labarca J, Cortes CP, Rosas R, Balcells ME, Perret C. Cluster of imported vivax malaria in travelers returning from Peru. 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J Travel Med 2005; 12: 248-53 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, M\u00fchlberger N, Jelinek T, Schunk M, Ehrhardt S, Bogdan C, Arasteh K,<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Schneider T, Kern WV, F\u00e4tkenheuer G, Boecken G, Zoller T, Probst M, Peters M, Weinke T, Gfr\u00f6rer S, Klinker H, Holthoff-Stich ML for SIMPID Surveillance Network. Imported leishmaniasis in Germany 2001-2004: data of the SIMPID surveillance network. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2005 ; 24: 471-6 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">M\u00fchlberger N, Jelinek T, Behrens R, Coulaud JP, Clerinx J, Gj\u00f8rup I, Puente S, Burchard G, Corach\u00e1n M, Grobusch MP, Weitzel T, Zoller T, Kollaritsch H, Beran J, Iversen J, Hatz C, Schmid M, Bj\u00f6rkmann A, Fleischer K, Bisoffi Z, Guggemos W, Knobloch J, Matteelli A, Schulze MH, Laferl H, Kapaun A, McWhinney P, Lopez-Velez R, F\u00e4tkenheuer G, Kern P, Zieger BW, Kotlowski A, Fry G, Cuadros J, Myrvang B \u2013 for TropNetEurop and SIMPID Surveillance Networks. Age is a Risk Factor for Severe Manifestations and Fatal Outcome in European Patients with Falciparum Malaria: Observations from TropNetEurop- and SIMPID-Surveillance Data. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36: 990-5 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Wolff M, Dabanch J, Levy I, Schmetz C, Visvesvara GS, Sobottka I. Dual microsporidial infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an HIV-positive patient. Infection 2001; 29: 237-9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">3.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Tests diagn\u00f3sticos<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, P\u00e9rez C, Tapia D, Legarraga P, Porte L. The dilemma of SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection tests in asymptomatic individuals. Lancet Infect Dis (in press)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Porte L, Legarraga P, Iruretagoyena M, Vollrath V, Pizarro G, Munita JM, Araos R, Weitzel T. Evaluation of two fluorescence immunoassays for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen \u2013 new tool to detect infective COVID-19 patients. PeerJ 2021; 9: e10801<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Weitzel T, Legarraga P, Iruretagoyena M, Pizarro G, Vollrath V, Araos R, Munita JM, Porte L. Comparative evaluation of four rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection tests using universal transport medium. Travel Med Infect Dis 2021; 39: 101942<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Porte L, Legarraga P, Vollrath V, Aguilera X, Munita JM, Araos R, Pizarro G, Vial P, Dittrich S, Weitzel T. Evaluation of novel antigen-based rapid detection test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples. Int J Infect Dis 2020; 99: 328-33<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Porte L, Valdivieso F, Wilmes D, Gaete P, D\u00edaz C, Thompson L, Munita JM, Alliende R, Varela C, Rickerts V, Weitzel T. Laboratory exposure to Coccidioides: lessons learnt in a non-endemic country. 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Field evaluation of a rota- and adenovirus immunochromatographic assay using stool samples from children with acute diarrhea in Ghana. <\/span><span>J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45: 2695-7 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>4.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Otros<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Bravo V, Katz A, Porte L, Weitzel T, Varela C, Gonzalez-Escalona N, Blondel CJ. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Genomic analysis of the diversity, antimicrobial resistance and virulence potential of clinical Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains from Chile. <\/span><span>PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15: e0009207<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Weitzel T, Rodr\u00edguez F, Noriega LM, Marcotti A, Duran L, Palavecino C, Porte L, Aguilera X, Wolff M, Cortes CP. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Hepatitis B and C virus infection among HIV patients within the public and private healthcare systems in Chile: a cross-sectional serosurvey. 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