Table 2 Total number of chiggers of each species (and % of total chiggers) recovered from small mammal hosts in Taiwan during 2006–2010
From: Surveillance of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Taiwan
Host species | L. akamushi | L. deliense | L. imphalum | L. kawamurai | L. pallidum | L. rubellum | L. scutellare | L. yui | W. chinensis | W. pacifica | W. xishaensis | E. wichmanni | Unknown | Total chiggers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shrews | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Suncus murinus | 0 (0) | 179 (84.4) | 1 (0.5) | 24 (11.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (3.8) | 212 |
Rodents | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Apodemus agrarius | 1 (0.6) | 56 (32.0) | 111 (63.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (4.0) | 175 |
  Bandicota indica | 0 (0) | 407 (66.7) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 197 (32.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.8) | 610 |
  Mus caroli | 0 (0) | 10 (37.0) | 10 (37.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (25.9) | 27 |
  Rattus exulans | 0 (0) | 15 (20.5) | 41 (56.2) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 (19.2) | 73 |
  Rattus losea | 0 (0) | 1091 (65.8) | 146 (8.8) | 4 (0.2) | 113 (6.8) | 5 (0.3) | 106 (6.4) | 14 (0.8) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 112 (6.8) | 0 (0) | 64 (3.9) | 1657 |
  Rattus norvegicus | 0 (0) | 10 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 |
  Rattus tanezumi | 0 (0) | 89 (92.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (5.2) | 2 (2.1) | 0 (0) | 96 |
Overall (% of all) | 1 (0.03) | 1857 (64.9) | 310 (10.8) | 29 (1.0) | 113 (4.0) | 5 (0.2) | 106 (3.7) | 14 (0.5) | 2 (0.07) | 199 (7.0) | 117 (4.1) | 2 (0.07) | 105 (3.7) | 2860 |