Seasonal occurrence of Leptotrombidium deliense (Acari: Trombiculidae) attached to sentinel rodents in an orchard near Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 869-874

  Frances, Stephen P ^a,b   Watcharapichat, Pochaman ^b   Phulsuksombati, Duangporn ^b   Tanskul, Panita ^b   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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

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

Author keywords

Leptotrombidium deliense; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus; Sentinel rodents; Thailand; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; TROMBICULIDAE; TUNGA PENETRANS;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; INFESTATION; LIVER; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; SEASON; SPLEEN; THAILAND; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; LIVER; MICE; MITE INFESTATIONS; RAIN; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SPLEEN; THAILAND; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 0033220392     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.869     Document Type: Article

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