Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infections in chiggers and small mammals on a mature oil palm estate.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, 1978/9;9(3):356-60.
Shirai A, Robinson DM, Lim BL, Dohany AL, Huxsoll DL
PMID: 107596
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Abstract
An epidemiological study in a mature oil palm estate in Peninsular Malaysia has demonstrated a low prevalence of R. tsutsugamushi infection in small mammals. The direct fluorescent antibody technique for assaying infections in chiggers proved more sensitive than mouse inoculation. Most infections in both chiggers and rodents were caused by the Karp strain.
MeSH terms
Animals; Animals, Wild; Antibodies, Bacterial; Disease Vectors; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Malaysia; Mites; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rodentia; Scrub Typhus; Serotyping; Trombiculidae
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