Scrub Typhus in the Eastern Solomon Islands and Northern Vanuatu (New Hebrides) *
| Autor: | L. C. Jennings, F. J. Austin, J. A. R. Miles |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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Mites Ecology Lava New Hebrides Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Scrub typhus medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Rats Orientia tsutsugamushi Infectious Diseases Geography Scrub Typhus Vanuatu Child Preschool Virology Vector (epidemiology) medicine Animals Humans Parasitology Melanesia Leptotrombidium akamushi Child |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 30:849-854 |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.1981.30.849 |
| Popis: | Rickettsia tsutsugamushi has been isolated from Rattus rattus from Vanua Lava island in Northern Vanuatu (New Hebrides) and from R. exulans and Leptotrombidium akamushi on Ndende island in the Eastern Solomon Islands. The well-known vector mite L. deliense was found on Mota Lava and Vanua Lava in Vanuatu, but no isolation was made from pools of this mite. Serology confirms that R. tsutsugamushi infects humans in the Banks group of islands in Northern Vanuatu and that infection is much more widespread in the Solomon Islands than the limited isolations indicate. |
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