鈎恙蟎屬
科学分类
界:
动物界 Animalia
门:
节肢动物门 Arthropoda
纲:
蛛形纲 Arachnida
目:
絨蟎目 Trombidiformes
科:
恙蟎科 Trombiculidae
亚科:
恙蟎亞科 Trombiculinae
属:
鈎恙蟎屬 Leptotrombidium Nagayo et al. , 1916
鉤恙蟎屬 (學名:Leptotrombidium ;([ 1] ),又名纤恙螨属 [ 2] ,是蛛形綱 蜱蟎亞綱 蟎形總目 恙蟎目 恙蟎總科 恙蟎科 之下的一個屬,可透過叮咬人類而令人類感染恙蟲東方體 (O. tsutsugamushi )而患上恙蟲病 (亦作叢林斑疹傷寒 )[ 3] 。鉤恙蟎屬的幼虫主要宿主是啮齿类 ,但有时也能寄生于人类或其他大型哺乳类动物中。
過往曾以為啮齿类動物是恙蟲東方體的宿主,而恙蟎只是感染的载体 [ 4] [ 5] ,但現時我們知道恙蟎一生只會進食一次,這使病原從啮齿类動物傳播至人類這種假設不可能,因為恙蟎要達成載體的話,需要先後嚙咬鼠隻取得病原、然後再嚙咬人類以將病原傳給人類[ 6] 。所以病菌只可能一開始就已在恙蟎的體內,透過產卵 的過程從母體傳染給蟎的蟲卵[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] 。所以鉤恙蟎屬物種同時是恙蟲東方體的病原載體及天然宿主 [ 6] 。感染幾乎均由雌蟲造成[ 10] ,而且似乎並未有對恙蟎造成傷害。
幼蟎呈淡橙色,以液化了的皮膚組織為食,而不是血液,因為牠們的口器(一種螯肢 ,chelicerae )太短,無法深入至皮下的血管[ 11] 。有三對腿。幼蟎最常見的目標是囓齒動物,但也附著在人類身上[ 6] 。對人類來說,被恙蟎咬傷無痛,只有當幼蟎從皮膚上脫落後才會出現疼痛,而且會留下紅色丘疹,並可能會發展成焦痂[ 12] 。
幼蟎階段持續一至兩星期。進食後,幼蟎會掉到地上,變成若蟎。若蟎呈磚紅色,有四對腿。若蟎階段持續一至三星期。當若蟎成熟為成蟎時,會有四對腿,第一對最大。牠們對人類無害。在後期幼蟎階段,它們不再寄生並以植物材料為食。[ 13]
雌蟲單獨產卵,約需一星期孵化。成蟎壽命約六個月。
以下為本屬部分已知的物種:
^ Leptotrombidium . Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House . [2016-01-23 ] .
^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 张云 ; 朱进 ; 邓小昭 ; 吴光华 ; 张家驹 ; 周燕萍 . 革螨及恙螨体内肾综合征出血热病毒定位的研究 (PDF) . 中华预防医学杂志 . 2002-07, 36 (4) [2019-11-08 ] . (原始内容存档 (PDF) 于2019-11-08) (中文(简体)) .
^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease) in Japan, 1996–2000 . Byogen Biseibutsu Kenshutsu Joho Geppo. 2001, 22 : 211–212 [2016-05-30 ] . (原始内容 存档于2017-04-27).
^ Philip CB. Tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus) in World War II. J Parasitol. 1948, 34 (3): 169–191. JSTOR 3273264 . doi:10.2307/3273264 .
^ Fox JP. The long persistence of Rickettsia orientalis in the blood and tissues of infected animals . J Immunol. 1948, 59 (2): 109–114 [2016-05-30 ] . (原始内容 存档于2008-07-24).
^ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Pham XD, Suzuki H, Takaoka H. Distribution of unengorged larvae of Leptotrombidium pallidum and other species in and around the rodent nest holes. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2001, 32 (3): 553–57. PMID 11944716 .
^ Walker JS, Chan CT, Manikumaran C, Elisberg BL. Attempts to infect and demonstrate transovarial transmission of R. tsutsugamushi in three species of Leptotrombidium mites. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1975, 266 : 80–90. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1975.tb35090.x .
^ Takahashi M, Murata M, Nogami S, Hori E, Kawamura A, Tanaka H. Transovarial transmission of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in Leptotrombidium pallidum successively reared in the laboratory. Jpn J Exp Med. 1988, 58 : 213–218.
^ Frances SP, Watcharapichat P, Phulsuksombati D. Vertical transmission of Orientia tsutsugamushi in two lines of naturally infected Leptotrombidium deliense (Acari: Trombiculidae) . J Med Entomol. 2001, 38 (1): 17–21. PMID 11268685 . doi:10.1603/0022-2585-38.1.17 (英语) .
^ Roberts, LW; Rapmund, G; Gadigan, FG. Sex ratios in Rickettsia tsutsugamushi -infected and noninfected colonies of Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae). J Med Entomol. 1977, 14 (1): 89–92 (英语) .
^ Roberts LW, Robinson DM, Rapmund G, et al. Distribution of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in organs of Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri (Prostigmata: Trombiculidae) . J Med Entomol. 1975, 12 (3): 345–348 [2016-05-30 ] . (原始内容存档 于2012-10-18) (英语) .
^ Kitaoka M, Asanuma K, Otsuji J. Transmission of Rickettsia orientalis to man by Leptotrombidium akamushi at a scrub typhus endemic area in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1974, 23 (5): 993–9. PMID 4451238 (英语) .
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^ Frances SP, Watcharapichat P, Phulsuksombati D, Tanskul P, Linthicum KJ. Seasonal occurrence of Leptotrombidium deliense (Acari: Trombiculidae) attached to sentinel rodents in an orchard near Bangkok, Thailand . J Med Entomol. 1999, 36 (6): 869–874. PMID 10593093 .
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