Habitat and Season Drive Chigger Mite Diversity and Abundance on Small Mammals in Peninsular Malaysia

Habitat and Season Drive Chigger Mite Diversity and Abundance on Small Mammals in Peninsular Malaysia

Chigger mites are vectors of the bacterial disease scrub typhus, caused by <i>Orientia</i> spp. The bacterium is vertically transmitted in the vector and horizontally transmitted to terrestrial vertebrates (primarily wild small mammals), with humans as incidental hosts. Previous studies...

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Main Authors: Hadil Alkathiry, Ahmed Al-Rofaai, Zubaidah Ya’cob, Tamsin S. Cutmore, Siti Nurul Izzah Mohd-Azami, Nurul Aini Husin, Fang Shiang Lim, Sirikamon Koosakulnirand, Nor Hidayana Mahfodz, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Shih Keng Loong, Alexandr Stekolnikov, Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Sazaly Abubakar, Benjamin L. Makepeace, Kittipong Chaisiri, Jing Jing Khoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
scrub typhus
oil palm
tropical infection
<i>Rattus tanezumi</i>
<i>Tupaia glis</i>
trombiculid
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/10/1087

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