A comparative study to evaluate wonder and Sherman traps for the surveillance of ectoparasitic chigger vector mites of the scrub typhus
Background & objectives: Scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by larval trombiculid chigger mites. Rodents and shrews are hosts for chigger mites in the transmission to humans. Wonder and Sherman traps are widely used for trapping rodents and shrews for the collection...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Vector Borne Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2021;volume=58;issue=2;spage=141;epage=147;aulast=Paulraj |