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Table 6 The number of chigger mites collected from wild rodents in Gunwi and Sangju

From: Seasonal prevalence and species composition of mosquitoes and chigger mites collected from Daegu, Gunwi and Sangju in South Korea, 2014

Sites

Rodents

No. of collected rodents

No. of rodents with chigger mites

Infestation rate (%)

No. of collected chigger mites

Chigger index

Gunwi

Apodemus agrarius

33

27

81.8

2336

70.8

Crocidura suaveolens

3

1

33.3

2

0.7

Micromys minutus

1

1

100

9

9.0

Microtus fortis

1

1

100

245

245.0

Sangju

Apodemus agrarius

20

16

80.0

1,040

52.0

Crocidura suaveolens

22

4

18.2

9

2.4

Mus musculus

1

0

0

0

0