Chan-Eui Hong

Long-term surveillance reveals weak coupling between chigger burden on Apodemus agrarius and Orientia tsutsugamushi pool positivity

Long-term vector surveillance often reports ectoparasite burden and pooled pathogen detection together, but their quantitative relationship is rarely tested. We analysed rodent-associated chigger surveillance conducted from 2018 to 2025 across five habitat strata in Yesan-si, Rep...