Mite Infestation on Rattus tanezum rats in southwest China concerning risk models [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceObjectiveThe Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) is an important infectious source and reservoir host for many zoonotic diseases, and its associated mites (chigger mites and gamasid mites) can act as vectors for these diseases.
Ru-Jin Liu +9 more
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Preliminary Study on Species Diversity and Community Characteristics of Gamasid Mites on Small Mammals in Three Parallel Rivers Area of China [PDF]
Animals, 2022 (1) Background: Gamasid mites are a large group of arthropods, and some of them are of medical importance. Besides directly biting humans and causing dermatitis, some gamasid mites are the vector of rickettsialpox and potential vector of hemorrhagic ...
Juan-Xiu Zhou +9 more
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Infestation and Seasonal Fluctuation of Gamasid Mites (Parasitiformes: Gamasida) on Indochinese Forest Rat, Rattus andamanensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in Southern Yunnan of China [PDF]
Biology, 2021 A 12-month consecutive investigation was made at Jingha village in southern Yunnan of southwest China from April 2016 to March 2017. A total of 2053 Indochinese forest rats (Rattus andamanensis Blyth, 1860) were captured and examined, which account for ...
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Abundance and Infestation of Mites on Bower’s White-Toothed Rat (Berylmys bowersi) in Southwest China [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesChiggers (chigger mites) and gamasid mites are two groups of ectoparasites on rodents, and they can be the vectors or potential vectors of scrub typhus and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), while Bower’s white-toothed rat (Berylmys bowersi ...
Chenxi Liu +8 more
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Infestation, community structure, seasonal fluctuation and climate-driven dynamics of mites on small mammals at a focus of scrub typhus in southwest China [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceObjectiveRodents and other sympatric small mammals serve as reservoir hosts for zoonotic diseases including scrub typhus and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), with their ectoparasitic mites (chiggers and gamasid mites) acting as vectors. This
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High-Arctic gamasid mites (Acari, Mesostigmata): community composition on Spitsbergen, Svalbard [PDF]
Polar Research, 2011 This study investigates assemblages of mesostigmatid mites on Spitsbergen, in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Soil samples were collected from three areas with differing vegetational communities in Adventdalen.
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Distribution and Host Selection of Tropical Rat Mite, Ornithonyssus bacoti, in Yunnan Province of Southwest China [PDF]
Animals, 2021 (1) Background: As a species of gamasid mite, the tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) is a common ectoparasite on rodents and some other small mammals. Besides stinging humans to cause dermatitis, O.
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A new species of the gamasid mite genus Arctoseius Thor, 1930 (Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata, Ascidae) from Russia with a key to the multidentatus species-group [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2013 A new gamasid mite species belonging to the genus Arctoseius Thor, 1930 is described from Russia. Arctoseius koltschaki sp. n. is distributed in the plain and mountain tundras from Khibiny Mountains to Chukotka on the north and to West Sayan Mountains on
Olga Makarova, Evert E. Lindquist
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Cell surface Toll-like receptor polymorphisms influence Bartonella and ectoparasite infections in striped hamsters [PDF]
iScienceSummary: This study explored how polymorphisms in cell surface Toll-like receptors (TLRs) influence susceptibility to Bartonella and ectoparasite infections in striped hamsters.
Xinchang Lun +13 more
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Faunal and Ecological Analysis of Gamasid Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) Associated with Small Mammals in Yunnan Province, Southwest China [PDF]
InsectsGamasid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) are ecologically diverse arthropods, many of which act as vectors for zoonotic diseases such as rickettsial pox and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
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