Isolation of rickettsia tsutsugamushi from trombiculid mites (acari:trombiculidae) in feixian county, shandong province, china

Insect Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-177

  Liu, Yunxi ^a   Yang, Zhanqing ^a   Wu, Qinyong ^a   Sun, Hailong ^a   Meng, Xiangrui ^a   Peng, Zuolin ^a   Miao, Zhongshui ^a  

^a PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Rickettsia tsutsugamushi; Trombiculid mites; Vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049083037     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1999.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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