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Leptotrombidium

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Lep·to·trom·bid·i·um (lpt-trm-bd-m)
n.
A genus of trombiculid mites that serve as vectors of tsutsugamushi disease in China, Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Leptotrombidium
genus of the family Trombiculidae. The mites act as vectors of the human scrub typhus agent.


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In an entomologic study in Himachal Pradesh, vector species Leptotrombidium deliense and Gahrliepia (schoengastilla) spp.
Scrub typhus in Himalayas by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Among these mites, 2,100 Leptotrombidium deliense accounted for 94.
Spring scrub typhus, people's Republic of China by Jiaqi, Tang / Emerging Infectious Diseases
tsutsugamushi, which causes "summer-type scrub typhus," is highly virulent and usually transmitted by the Leptotrombidium deliense mite.
Orientia tsutsugamushi in eschars from scrub typhus patients by Foley, Janet E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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