Infestation and distribution of chiggers on the Anderson's white‐bellied rats in southwest China
Abstract As a group of ectoparasites, chiggers (larvae of chigger mites) are the exclusive vector of scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease). Rodents are the most important hosts of chiggers. The Anderson's niviventer rat, Niviventer andersoni, is an endemic species of rodent in China. However, fe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-11-01
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Series: | Veterinary Medicine and Science |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1275 |