Indoor and Outdoor Rodent Hosts of Orientia tsutsugamushi, Shandong Province, China

oleh: Fei Li, Zhen-Tang Zhang, Li-Zhu Fang, Hao Yu, Xiang-Rong Qin, Xue-Jie Yu

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-10-01

Deskripsi

During December 2012–July 2016, we tested small indoor and outdoor mammals in Qingdao, China, for Orientia tsutsugamushi infection. We found that outdoor Apodemus agrarius mice, Cricetulus barabensis hamsters, and Niviventer confucianus rats, as well as indoor Mus musculus mice, tested positive for O. tsutsugamushi by PCR.