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Larval chigger mites collected from small mammals in 3 provinces, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol. 2014 Apr; 52(2):225-9.KJ

Abstract

A total of 9,281 larval chigger mites were collected from small mammals captured at Hwaseong-gun, Gyeonggi-do (Province) (2,754 mites from 30 small mammals), Asan city, Chungcheongnam-do (3,358 mites from 48 mammals), and Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do (3,169 for 62 mammals) from April-November 2009 in the Republic of Korea (= Korea) and were identified to species. Leptotrombidium pallidum was the predominant species in Hwaseong (95.8%) and Asan (61.2%), while Leptotrombidium scutellare was the predominant species collected from Jangseong (80.1%). Overall, larval chigger mite indices decreased from April (27.3) to June (4.9), then increased in September (95.2) and to a high level in November (169.3). These data suggest that L. pallidum and L. scutellare are the primary vectors of scrub typhus throughout their range in Korea. While other species of larval chigger mites were also collected with some implications in the transmission of Orientia tsutsugamushi, they only accounted for 11.2% of all larval chigger mites collected from small mammals.

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Lee IY
Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
Song HJ
Department of Clinical Pathology, Gwangju Health College, Gwangju 506-701, Korea.
Choi YJ
Institute of Global Disease Control and Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Shin SH
Institute of Global Disease Control and Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Choi MK
Institute of Global Disease Control and Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Kwon SH
Institute of Global Disease Control and Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Shin EH
Division of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health, Osong 363-951, Korea.
Park C
Division of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health, Osong 363-951, Korea.
Kim HC
5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, USA.
Klein TA
Public Health Command Region-Pacific, Camp Zama, Japan.
Park KH
Institute of Global Disease Control and Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Jang WJ
Institute of Global Disease Control and Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.

MeSH

AnimalsArachnid VectorsLarvaOrientia tsutsugamushiRepublic of KoreaRodentiaScrub TyphusTrombiculidae

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

24850971

Citation

Lee, In-Yong, et al. "Larval Chigger Mites Collected From Small Mammals in 3 Provinces, Korea." The Korean Journal of Parasitology, vol. 52, no. 2, 2014, pp. 225-9.
Lee IY, Song HJ, Choi YJ, et al. Larval chigger mites collected from small mammals in 3 provinces, Korea. Korean J Parasitol. 2014;52(2):225-9.
Lee, I. Y., Song, H. J., Choi, Y. J., Shin, S. H., Choi, M. K., Kwon, S. H., Shin, E. H., Park, C., Kim, H. C., Klein, T. A., Park, K. H., & Jang, W. J. (2014). Larval chigger mites collected from small mammals in 3 provinces, Korea. The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 52(2), 225-9. https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.2.225
Lee IY, et al. Larval Chigger Mites Collected From Small Mammals in 3 Provinces, Korea. Korean J Parasitol. 2014;52(2):225-9. PubMed PMID: 24850971.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Larval chigger mites collected from small mammals in 3 provinces, Korea. AU - Lee,In-Yong, AU - Song,Hyeon-Je, AU - Choi,Yeon-Joo, AU - Shin,Sun-Hye, AU - Choi,Min-Kyung, AU - Kwon,So-Hyun, AU - Shin,E-Hyun, AU - Park,Chan, AU - Kim,Heung-Chul, AU - Klein,Terry A, AU - Park,Kyung-Hee, AU - Jang,Won-Jong, Y1 - 2014/04/18/ PY - 2013/10/14/received PY - 2014/02/24/revised PY - 2014/02/25/accepted PY - 2014/5/23/entrez PY - 2014/5/23/pubmed PY - 2015/4/22/medline KW - Apodemus agrarius KW - Leptotrombidium pallidum KW - Leptotrombidium scutellare KW - chigger index KW - chigger mite SP - 225 EP - 9 JF - The Korean journal of parasitology JO - Korean J Parasitol VL - 52 IS - 2 N2 - A total of 9,281 larval chigger mites were collected from small mammals captured at Hwaseong-gun, Gyeonggi-do (Province) (2,754 mites from 30 small mammals), Asan city, Chungcheongnam-do (3,358 mites from 48 mammals), and Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do (3,169 for 62 mammals) from April-November 2009 in the Republic of Korea (= Korea) and were identified to species. Leptotrombidium pallidum was the predominant species in Hwaseong (95.8%) and Asan (61.2%), while Leptotrombidium scutellare was the predominant species collected from Jangseong (80.1%). Overall, larval chigger mite indices decreased from April (27.3) to June (4.9), then increased in September (95.2) and to a high level in November (169.3). These data suggest that L. pallidum and L. scutellare are the primary vectors of scrub typhus throughout their range in Korea. While other species of larval chigger mites were also collected with some implications in the transmission of Orientia tsutsugamushi, they only accounted for 11.2% of all larval chigger mites collected from small mammals. SN - 1738-0006 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/24850971/Larval_chigger_mites_collected_from_small_mammals_in_3_provinces_Korea_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -