Chigger (Acarina:Trombiculidae) surveys of the west coast beaches of Sabah and Sarawak.
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1977-06-01
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Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) arenicola Traub, a vector of scrub typhus, had previously been found to occur in the coastal vegetation behind the edge of open sand along the beaches of Peninsular Malaysia. Surveys of the west coast beaches of Sabah and Sarawak were conducted to determine if this species occurs in similar habitat in East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Leptotrombidium (L.) arenicola was not collected from the eighteen sites studied. Of the 11,982 mite larvae collected, 55 per cent were L.(L.) deliense (Walch), a well-known, widespread vector of scrub typhus.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Dohany AL, Phang OW, Rapmund G. Chigger (Acarina:Trombiculidae) surveys of the west coast beaches of Sabah and Sarawak. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1977 Jun; 8(2): 200-6