Surveillance of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Taiwan

Surveillance of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Taiwan

Abstract Background Scrub typhus is a lethal infectious disease vectored by larval trombiculid mites (i.e. chiggers) infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT) and recent decades have witnessed an emergence of scrub typhus in several countries. Identification of chigger species and their vertebrate h...

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Main Authors: Chi-Chien Kuo, Pei-Lung Lee, Chun-Hsung Chen, Hsi-Chieh Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Hosts
Leptotrombidium
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Rattus
Scrub typhus
Taiwan
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1221-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1221-7

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