Occurrence rates of wild rodent hosts and chigger mites and the infection rate of Orientia tsutsugamushi in the central region of South Korea from 2015 to 2018
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DOI: 10.1111/1748-5967.12387
Abstract: Outbreaks of vector‐borne diseases are dramatically increasing because of climate change, consequently increasing the importance of surveillance of endemic disease vectors. In this study, we surveyed chigger mites, vectors for Orientia tsutsugamushi—the bacteria that causes… read more here.
Keywords: chigger mites; orientia tsutsugamushi; rodent hosts; south korea ... See more keywords
Autofluorescence microscopy for paired-matched morphological and molecular identification of individual chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae), the vectors of scrub typhus
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193163
Abstract: Background Conventional gold standard characterization of chigger mites involves chemical preparation procedures (i.e. specimen clearing) for visualization of morphological features, which however contributes to destruction of the arthropod host DNA and any endosymbiont or pathogen… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; chigger mites; microscopy; chigger ... See more keywords