Experimental infection and transmission of orientia tsutsugamushi in adult leptotrombidium deliense following inoculation with cultured rickettsiae

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-272

  Frances, Stephen P ^a,b   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a,c  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Leptotrombidium deliense (Walch); Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi); Rickettsiae; Thailand; Transovarial transmission; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864286011     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950208684302     Document Type: Article

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