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Table 5 Minimum positive rate of Orientia tsutsugamushi in chigger mites collected from domestic rodents, northern China

From: Molecular epidemiology of Orientia tsutsugamushi in chiggers and ticks from domestic rodents in Shandong, northern China

Chigger species

Season, no. positive pools/total counts (%)

 

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Total

Leptotrombidium intermedium

0

0

9/721 (1.2)

1/96 (1.0)

10/817 (1.2)

L. scutellare

0

0

4/602 (0.7)

1/6 (16.7)

5/608 (0.8)

L. palpale

1/14 (7.1)

0

6/1132 (0.5)

3/129 (2.3)

10/1275 (0.8)

L. taishanicum

1/6 (16.7)

0

1/28 (3.6)

0

2/34 (5.9)

L. linhuaikongense

0

0

2/62 (3.2)

0

2/62 (3.2)

L. laxoscutum

0

0

0

0/46 (0)

0/46 (0)

Gahrliepia octosetosa

0

0/3 (0)

0

0

0/3 (0)

Walchia pacifica

0

0/104 (0)

0/8 (0)

0

0/112 (0)

Odontacarus majesticus

0

0/177 (0)

0

0

0/177 (0)

Total

2/20 (10.0)

0/284 (0)

22/2553 (0.9)

5/277 (1.8)

29/3134 (0.9)