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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Dispatch

Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States

Kaiying Chen, Nicholas V. Travanty, Reuben Garshong, Dac Crossley, Gideon Wasserberg, Charles S. Apperson, R. Michael Roe, and Loganathan PonnusamyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (K. Chen, N.V. Travanty, C.S. Apperson, R.M. Roe, L. Ponnusamy); University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (R. Garshong, G. Wasserberg); Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, Georgia, USA (D. Crossley)

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Figure 1

Study area for investigation of Orientia spp. bacteria in field-collected free-living Eutrombicula chigger mites, North Carolina, USA. Free-living chiggers were collected from 10 sites in 8 counties. CNF, Croatan National Forest; FLSRA, Falls Lake State Recreation Area; JLSRA, Jordan Lake State Recreation Area; KLSRA, Kerr Lake State Recreation Area; LJSP, Lake James State Park; LRSP, Lumber River State Park; MMPSP, Merchant Millpond State Park; MMSP, Morrow Mountain State Park; PDNWR, Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge; WBUSP, William B. Umstead State Park.

Figure 1. Study area for investigation of Orientia spp. bacteria in field-collected free-living Eutrombicula chigger mites, North Carolina, USA. Free-living chiggers were collected from 10 sites in 8 counties. CNF, Croatan National Forest; FLSRA, Falls Lake State Recreation Area; JLSRA, Jordan Lake State Recreation Area; KLSRA, Kerr Lake State Recreation Area; LJSP, Lake James State Park; LRSP, Lumber River State Park; MMPSP, Merchant Millpond State Park; MMSP, Morrow Mountain State Park; PDNWR, Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge; WBUSP, William B. Umstead State Park.

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