Dohany A L, Phang O W, Rapmund G
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1977 Jun;8(2):200-6.
Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) arenicola Traub, a vector of scrub typhus, had previously been found to occur in the coastal vegetation behind the edge of open sand along the beaches of Peninsular Malaysia. Surveys of the west coast beaches of Sabah and Sarawak were conducted to determine if this species occurs in similar habitat in East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Leptotrombidium (L.) arenicola was not collected from the eighteen sites studied. Of the 11,982 mite larvae collected, 55 per cent were L.(L.) deliense (Walch), a well-known, widespread vector of scrub typhus.
恙螨（纤恙螨属）滨海纤恙螨是恙虫病的传播媒介，此前已发现其存在于马来西亚半岛海滩开阔沙地边缘后方的沿海植被中。对沙巴和砂拉越西海岸海滩进行了调查，以确定该物种是否出现在婆罗洲岛东马来西亚的类似栖息地。在所研究的18个地点均未采集到滨海纤恙螨。在所采集的11982只螨幼虫中，55%为地里纤恙螨（沃尔奇），它是一种广为人知且分布广泛的恙虫病传播媒介。
