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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2002) 7, 31-34First Isolation of
Orientia (O.) tsutsugamushi from larvae and reared nymphs of Leptotrombidium (L.) linhuaikongense collected from wild rodents in Fei County, Shandong Province, China 1YUNXI LIU, ZHANQING YANG, ZHONGTANG ZHAO # , QINYONG WU, ZUOLIN PENG,
ZHONGSHUI MIAO & XIANGRUI MENG
Institute of Military Medicine, Jinan Command, Jinan, 250014, CHINA
# Public Health Institute of Shandong University
Abstract
During a search for latent vectors of scrub typhus in a focus of the autumn-winter type of this disease, the authors
isolated O. tsutsugamushi from larval and nymphal L. linhuaikongense. Isolated O. tsutsugamushi serotyped
by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). Larval L. linhuaikongense were initially found in May on the
bodies of rodents captured in the field. The infestation reached a peak in August and disappeared in November;
chiggers were thus abundant during summer. Nymphal L. linhuaikongense were reared from larvae collected
from rodents. Two strains of O. tsutsugamushi were isolated from 4 pools of larvae and 3 pools of nymphs,
respectively. This implies that L. linhuaikongense is a potential vector of O. tsutsugamushi, chiefly to rodents
but occasionally to humans, during non-endemic seasons.
Key words: Chigger mite, vector, larvae, nymphs, O. tsutsugamushi, natural infection.
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