Transovarial transmission of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Leptotrombidium palpale (Acari: Trombiculidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Shin, Eun Hee ^a   Roh, Jong Yul ^a   Park, Won Il ^a   Song, Bong Gu ^a   Chang, Kyu Sik ^a   Lee, Wook Gyo ^a   Lee, Hee Il ^a   Park, Chan ^a   Park, Mi Yeoun ^a   Shin, E Hyun ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HATCHING; INFECTION RATE; KOREA; LARVA; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM PALPALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PROGENY; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEX RATIO; TRANSOVARIAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; MICROBIOLOGY; MURINAE; OOCYTE; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSMISSION; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; MALE; MURINAE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEX FACTORS; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 84899579373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088453     Document Type: Article

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