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harvest mite
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harvest mite
n.
See chigger.
harvest mite.
See chigger.
mite [mīt]
any arthropod of the order Acarina except the ticks; they are characterized by minute size, usually transparent or semitransparent body, and other features distinguishing them from the ticks. They may be free living or parasitic on animals or plants, and may produce various irritations of the skin.
chigger mite (harvest mite) chigger.
itch mite (mange mite) Sarcoptes scabiei.
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8%) of 427 adults with negative blood cultures admitted to Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane had scrub typhus, an infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by the bite of larval trombiculid mites (1).
Genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi from humans with scrub typhus, ... by Parola, Philippe; Blacksell, Stuart D.; Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone; Phongmany, Simaly; Rolain, Jean-M / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rodents of the family Muridae (rats and mice) are common hosts for trombiculid mites and may support O.
Scrub typhus, Republic of Palau by Swerdlow, David L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is spread by biting larval trombiculid mites.
Scrub typhus in the Republic of Palau, Micronesia by O'Leary, Michael / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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