<i>Rickettsia felis</i> and Other <i>Rickettsia</i> Species in Chigger Mites Collected from Wild Rodents in North Carolina, USA

<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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Main Authors: Loganathan Ponnusamy, Reuben Garshong, Bryan S. McLean, Gideon Wasserberg, Lance A. Durden, Dac Crossley, Charles S. Apperson, R. Michael Roe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
<i>Rickettsia</i>
chigger mites
North Carolina
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/7/1342

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