Efficiency of Leptotrombidium Chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) at Transmitting Orientia tsutsugamushi to Laboratory Mice

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 521-525

  Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ^a   Khlaimanee, Nittaya ^a   Monkanna, Taweesak ^a   Sangjun, Noppadon ^a   Mungviriya, Siriporn ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a,b   Frances, Stephen P ^a,c   Kollars Jr , Thomas M ^a,d   Coleman, Russell E ^a  

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

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

^c AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiggers; Leptotrombidium chiangraiensis; Leptotrombidium deliense; Leptotrombidium imphalum; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; TROMBICULIDAE; TUNGA PENETRANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PARASITE VECTOR; SCRUB TYPHUS; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 0036582540     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.521     Document Type: Article

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