Serosurveillance of scrub typhus in small mammals collected from military training sites near the DMZ, northern Gyeonggi-do, Korea, and analysis of the relative abundance of chiggers from mammals examined

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-243

  Kim, Heung Chul ^a   Lee, In Yong ^b   Chong, Sung Tae ^a   Richards, Allen L ^c   Gu, Se Hun ^d   Song, Jin Won ^d   Lee, John S ^e   Klein, Terry A ^f  

^a Unit 15247   (United States)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Apodemus agrarius; Chigger; Crocidura lasiura; Leptotrombidium; Mus musculus; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCIDURA LASIURA; ECTOPARASITE; EUSCHOENGASTIA KOREAENSIS; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM GEMITICULUM; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM ORIENTALE; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM PALLIDUM; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM PALPALE; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM SUBINTERMEDIUM; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM ZETUM; MICROMYS MINUTUS; MICROTUS FORTIS; MOUSE; MYODES REGULUS; NEOTROMBICULA GARDELLAI; NEOTROMBICULA TAMIYAI; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RAT; RODENT; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHREW; SOLDIER; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPRING; TROMBICULIDAE; TSCHERSKIA TRITON; WALCHIA FRAGILIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; MILITARY FACILITIES; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RODENTIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TROMBICULIDAE;

ACARI; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; CROCIDURA LASIURA; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM PALLIDUM; MAMMALIA; MICROMYS MINUTUS; MICROTUS FORTIS; MUS MUSCULUS; NEOTROMBICULA; ORIENTIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REGULUS; RODENTIA; TSCHERSKIA TRITON;

EID: 78149363980     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.237     Document Type: Article

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