Temporal changes in prevalence of scrub typhus rickettsia (Orientia tsutsugamushi) infecting the eggs of Leptotrombidium imphalum (Acari: Trombiculidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 108-110

  Kollars Jr , Thomas M ^a   Kengluecha, Ampornpan ^a   Khlaimanee, Nittaya ^a   Tanskul, Panita ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chigger; Mite; Rickettsiae; Scrub typhus; Thailand; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; OOCYTE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; SCRUB TYPHUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MITES; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; OVUM; PREVALENCE; SCRUB TYPHUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035229908     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.1.108     Document Type: Article

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