Table 5.
Minimum positive rate of Orientia tsutsugamushi in chigger mites collected from domestic rodents, northern China
|
Chigger species |
Season, no. positive pools/total counts (%) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter | Total | |
|
Leptotrombidium intermedium |
0 |
0 |
9/721 (1.2) |
1/96 (1.0) |
10/817 (1.2) |
|
L. scutellare |
0 |
0 |
4/602 (0.7) |
1/6 (16.7) |
5/608 (0.8) |
|
L. palpale |
1/14 (7.1) |
0 |
6/1132 (0.5) |
3/129 (2.3) |
10/1275 (0.8) |
|
L. taishanicum |
1/6 (16.7) |
0 |
1/28 (3.6) |
0 |
2/34 (5.9) |
|
L. linhuaikongense |
0 |
0 |
2/62 (3.2) |
0 |
2/62 (3.2) |
|
L. laxoscutum |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/46 (0) |
0/46 (0) |
|
Gahrliepia octosetosa |
0 |
0/3 (0) |
0 |
0 |
0/3 (0) |
|
Walchia pacifica |
0 |
0/104 (0) |
0/8 (0) |
0 |
0/112 (0) |
|
Odontacarus majesticus |
0 |
0/177 (0) |
0 |
0 |
0/177 (0) |
| Total | 2/20 (10.0) | 0/284 (0) | 22/2553 (0.9) | 5/277 (1.8) | 29/3134 (0.9) |