Open AccessEmergence of Schoengastiella ligula as the vector of scrub typhus outbreak in Darjeeling: Has Leptotrombidium deliense been replaced?
Author(s) -
Rina Tilak,
Rajesh Kunwar,
UrmilaB Wankhade,
VW TILAK
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.85239
Subject(s) - scrub typhus , biology , mite , outbreak , vector (molecular biology) , veterinary medicine , trombiculidae , zoology , acari , ecology , virology , medicine , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
Following a suspected outbreak of scrub typhus in Kurseong, Darjeeling, the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune was requested by the National Institute of Epidemiology and the State authorities to undertake investigation of the ongoing scrub typhus outbreak and suggest containment measures.
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