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A Check List of the Mite Vectors and Animal Reservoirs of Tsutsugamushi Disease¹

Tsutsugamushi disease, an ancient malady known since the sixth century, is today presenting a problem, among our military personnel, which is taking on considerable significance. Major Ahlm and Captain Lipshutz (14) made the following statements in reference to this ailment: "Until recently the condition had not been given the space it deserves in medical textbooks, owing in part to our lack of interest from the economic standpoint in many of the tropical and subtropical countries. The advent of World War II has, however, changed the picture entirely. We now find not only men of the allied armed forces but our own men suffering the ravages of this fever in many tropical areas. The total man days lost from this disease have presented a problem. This together with the great advance in air transportation expected in the post war period tends to make the disease one of considerable military and economic importance."

Received July 28, 1944.
¹ The compiling of this information was a result of a comprehensive bibliography on chigger mites (#13) compiled while engaged on chigger research during the summer and winter of 1942 at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The research was financed by the Eli Lilly Company through Dr. H. W. Brown to whom I am indebted for his helpful suggestions.