Redescription of Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum (Acari: Trombiculidae), with observations on bionomics and medical importance in northern Thailand

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-91

  Tanskul, Panita ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a,b  

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

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiggers; Ecology; Leptotrombidium; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rickettsia; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BANDICOTA INDICA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; ORIENTIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POACEAE; RATTUS LOSEA; RATTUS RATTUS; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; RAT; THAILAND; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; RATS; THAILAND; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 0032611669     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.1.88     Document Type: Article

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