Abstract
This review is dedicated to chigger mites (Trombiculidae) as vectors and reservoirs of infection in scrub typhus foci in South East Asia. Here we review biology, infection rates in natural and anthropurgic foci of scrub typhus. Vector competence of chigger mite species were summarized. Key words: scrub typhus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Trombiculidae, vectors.
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