Variation in weight loss in mus musculus (rodentia) fed upon by leptotrombidium chiangraiensis and leptotrombidium imphalum (acari: Trombiculidae) infected with two strains of orientia tsutsugamushi (rickettsia)

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Kollars, Thomas M ^a   Tippayachai, Boursaraporn ^a   Phulsuksombati, Duangporn ^b   Bodhidatta, Dharadhida ^b   Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai ^a   Parrish, John ^c   Coleman, Russell E ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Acari; Chigger mites; Heteroduplex mobility assay; PCR; Scrub typhus; Thailand; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242282202     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950008684183     Document Type: Article

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