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Volume 32, Number 9—September 2026

Research

Reemergence of Scrub Typhus Associated with Leptotrombidium akamushi Mites and Karp-Like Orientia tsutsugamushi Genotype Bacteria, Japan, 2024–2025

Motohiko OgawaComments to Author , Nobuhiro Takada, Takashi Katayama, Yuki Hashimoto, Kei Nagano, Hirotaka Komine, and Yukihiro Akeda
Author affiliation: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo, Japan (M. Ogawa, Y. Hashimoto, Y. Akeda); University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan (N. Takada); Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Kanagawa, Japan (T. Katayama); Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan (K. Nagano); Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan (H. Komine)

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Table

Number of mice and mites collected per site in an investigation of reemergence of scrub typhus associated with Leptotrombidium akamushi mites and Karp-like Orientia tsutsugamushi genotype bacteria, Japan, 2024–2025*

Collection site and month collected
 Total no. mice captured
 No. mites collected†
Total no. collected
 Mean no./mouse
Site A
June 20 130 6.5
July 11 0 0
August NS NS NS
November
 7
 114
 16.3
Site B
June 2 24 12
July 5 54 10.8
August 8 5 0.6
November 1 0 0

*Sampling sites were within ≈200 meters of the suspected exposure site in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan (37°27.283′N, 138°50.269′E). Site A was dense bushy vegetation adjacent to farmland; and site B was dense bushy vegetation immediately adjacent to the Shinano River. NS, not sampled. †Mite species included L. akamushi, L. pallidum, Neotrombicula japonica, and other unidentified species.

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