A New Species of Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae) Collected in Active Rice Fields in Northern Thailand

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 368-371

  Tanskul, Panita ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chiggers; Leptotrombidium; Rickettsia; Rodents; Scrub typhus; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BANDICOTA INDICA; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; ORIENTIA; RATTUS ARGENTIVENTER; RATTUS LOSEA; RATTUS RATTUS; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; RAT; RICE; THAILAND; TROMBICULIDAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ORYZA SATIVA; RATS; THAILAND; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 0031134425     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.3.368     Document Type: Article

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