Investigation of the role of Blankaartia acuscutellaris (Acari: Trombiculidae) as a vector of scrub typhus in central Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 863-866

  Frances, S P ^a,b   Watcharapichat, Pochaman ^a   Phulsuksombati, Duangporn ^a   Tanskul, Panita ^a  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PARASITE VECTOR; RODENT; SCRUB TYPHUS; THAILAND; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RODENTIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; THAILAND; TICKS;

EID: 0035751607     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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