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transmission of rickettsia tsutsugamushi strains among humans, wild rodents, and trombiculid mites in an area of japan in which tsutsugamushi disease is newly endemic.thirty-two newly isolated strains of rickettsia tsutsugamushi, 14 from patients with tsutsugamushi disease, 12 from wild rodents, and 6 from trombiculid mites parasitizing rodents in gifu prefecture, japan, were examined for reactivities to 12 monoclonal antibodies by an indirect fluorescent-antibody test to classify their antigenicities. all of the isolates could be classified into one of six groups (kn-1, kn-2, kn-3, gj-1, r158, and r161) according to their reactivities to the monoclonal antib ...19947852572
trombiculid mites (acari: trombiculidae) and rickettsia tsutsugamushi isolated from wild rodents in a new endemic area of japan.investigations of trombiculid mites and rickettsia tsutsugamushi in wild rodents were made in southern gifu prefecture where patients infected with tsutsugamushi disease recently have been found. a total of 16,396 trombiculid mites, consisting of 10 species from three genera, was collected from 170 apodemus speciosus in two locations. kani-sakahogi and kuze. leptotrombidium scutellare (nagayo et al.) (44.0%) was most predominant, followed by l. pallidum (nagayo et al.) (26.9%); l. fuji (kuwata e ...19902117663
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