Vertical transmission of Orientia tsutsugamushi in two lines of naturally infected Leptotrombidium deliense (Acari: Trombiculidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-21

  Frances, Stephen P ^a,b   Watcharapichat, Pochaman ^a   Phulsuksombati, Duangporn ^a  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leptotrombidium deliense; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus; Thailand; Trombiculidae; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; MOUSE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MITES; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0035221386     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.1.17     Document Type: Article

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