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Molecular detection of Rickettsia species and host associations of Laelaps mites (Acari: Laelapidae) in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Various rickettsiae have recently been detected in Laelaps mites (Acari: Laelapidae), which are common ectoparasites of rodents; however, investigations on this topic remain very scarce, particularly in Asia. In the present study, shrews and rodents were trapped from 2006 to 2010 in eight lowland regions of Taiwan (

SUBMITTER: Kuo CC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

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Molecular detection of Rickettsia species and host associations of Laelaps mites (Acari: Laelapidae) in Taiwan.

Kuo Chi-Chien CC Lee Pei-Lung PL Wang Hsi-Chieh HC

Experimental & applied acarology 20200709 4

Various rickettsiae have recently been detected in Laelaps mites (Acari: Laelapidae), which are common ectoparasites of rodents; however, investigations on this topic remain very scarce, particularly in Asia. In the present study, shrews and rodents were trapped from 2006 to 2010 in eight lowland regions of Taiwan (< 500 m in elevation) to collect associated Laelaps mites, from which Rickettsia-a group of emerging pathogens-were detected and identified by assaying the gltA and ompB genes. A tota ...[more]

PMID: 32647905

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