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trombiculid

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Noun1.trombiculid - mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
family Trombiculidae, Trombiculidae - mites
harvest mite, redbug, chigger, jigger - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
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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
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a severe febrile illness transmitted to humans by trombiculid mites, which normally feed on rodents.
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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