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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2025

Distribution and Host Selection of the Chigger Mite Leptotrombidium rupestre, a Potential Vector of Scrub Typhus, in Southwest China.

Rong Yu, Xian-Guo Guo, Yan Lv, Peng-Wu Yin, Wen-Yu Song, Pei-Ying Peng, Ti-Jun Qian, Rong Xiang, Yan-Ling Chen, Bei Li

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Article in Veterinary medicine and science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Rong YuInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Xian-Guo GuoInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Yan LvInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Peng-Wu YinInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Wen-Yu SongInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Pei-Ying PengInstitute of Microbiology, Qujing Medical College, Qujing, Yunnan, China.
Ti-Jun QianInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Rong XiangInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Yan-Ling ChenShenshan Central Hospital, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
Bei LiInstitute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82160400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptotrombidium rupestre, a chigger species, is a potential vector of scrub typhus. Based on field surveys in southwest China between 2001 and 2022, this paper retrospectively reports the distribution and host selection of L. rupestre in the region for the first time. A total of 4675 L. rupestre were identified from 28 species of rodents and other sympatric small mammal hosts in 23 out of 114 survey sites, and it was mainly distributed in higher latitudes (31-33° N) and altitudes (3000-3500 m), especially in western Sichuan, an important focus of scrub typhus. Among four orders of hosts, 96.15% (4495/4675) of L. rupestre were found on the order Rodentia. At species level of hosts, 40.49% of L. rupestre (C

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Animal DistributionDisease VectorsRodent DiseasesRodentiaScrub TyphusTrombiculidaeAnimalsChinaHost SpecificityRetrospective Studieschigger mitegeographical distributionhost selectionLeptotrombidium rupestresouthwest China

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PMCPMC11804215

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