[Surveillance of Chigger Mites in the Republic of Korea, 2023].

ABSTRACT: Scrub typhus is one of the oldest mediator infectious diseases worldwide. It is a typical acute febrile disease that occurs in the fall. Scrub typhus is caused by the infiltration of bacteria during the ingestion of body fluids by the larvae of chigger mites with Orientia tsutsugamushi. Various symptoms, such as headaches, rashes, and fever, appear after a short incubation period. From August 31, 2023, to December 20, 2023, 18 locations across the country used chigger collectors every week to monitor the occurrence of chiggers, and the density of chiggers was compared and analyzed by converting them to the trap index, the average number of collected individuals per trap. The cumulative trap index of chigger mites collected during the 2023 monitoring period was 13.52, an incre

SUBMITTER: Lee HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12479804 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature