Potential for horizontal transmission of orientia tsutsugamushi by chigger mites (acari: Trombiculidae)

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-82

  Frances, Stephen P ^a,b  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acari; Mus musculusL; Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi); Rattus rattusL; Rickettsia; Scrub typhus; Transmission; Trombiculid mites; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; TROMBICULIDAE; TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 17444417874     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950508684420     Document Type: Article

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