<i>Rickettsia felis</i> and Other <i>Rickettsia</i> Species in Chigger Mites Collected from Wild Rodents in North Carolina, USA
Chiggers are vectors of rickettsial pathogenic bacteria, <i>Orientia</i> spp., that cause the human disease, scrub typhus, in the Asian–Pacific area and northern Australia (known as the Tsutsugamushi Triangle). More recently, reports of scrub typhus in Africa, southern Chile, and the Mid...
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MDPI AG
2022-07-01
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Series: | Microorganisms |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/7/1342 |