Open AccessA SCRUB TYPHUS VECTOR LEPTOTROMBIDIUM DELIENSE (WALCH) (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE) ON RATS IN LITCHFIELD PARK, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Bell P. J.,
Whelan P. I.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1993.tb00576.x
Subject(s) - trombiculidae , scrub typhus , biology , acari , orientia tsutsugamushi , vector (molecular biology) , zoology , ecology , virology , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
A scrub typhus vector, Leptotrombidium deliense , is reported from Litchfield Park in the Northern Territory. A small mammal trapping survey in areas of the park visited by two confirmed cases of scrub typhus showed a high prevalence of L. deliense in the three native rat species Rattus tunneyi (Thomas), R. colletti (Thomas) and Melomys burtoni (Ramsay).