From: Surveillance of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Taiwan
Study site | No. of R. losea captures | Prevalence (%) of chiggers | Mean # of chiggers/host (±SE)a | Seroprevalence (no. of assayed) | OT positivity rate (no. of assayed) | Incidence rate of scrub typhusb |
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Eastern Taiwan | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yilan | 91 | 67.0 | 72.9 ± 8.5 | 55.6 (72) | 71.2 (52) | 0 |
Hualien | 41 | 95.1 | 359.0 ± 44.1 | 80.5 (41) | 71.8 (39) | 0.65 |
Taitung | 20 | 95.0 | 158.7 ± 30.2 | 63.2 (19) | 40.0 (15) | 2.18 |
Western Taiwan | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Taoyuan | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 (116) | NA | 0.05 |
Taichung | 33 | 6.1 | 2.7 ± 2.3 | 3.2 (31) | 50.0 (2) | 0 |
Kaoping | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 (44) | NA | 0 |
Offshore islands | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Matsu | 57 | 94.7 | 324.5 ± 34.4 | 60.0 (55) | 9.5 (42) | 6.44 |
Kinmen | 168 | 91.1 | 145.4 ± 15.2 | 77.9 (86) | 65.8 (38) | 7.31 |
Penghu | 56 | 100 | 548.4 ± 75.2 | 94.6 (56) | 59.5 (42) | 12.13 |