Commensal rodent habitat expansion enhances arthropod disease vectors on a tropical volcanic island
D.-L. Wu, H.-C. Shih, J.-K. Wang, H.-J. Teng, C.-C. Kuo
The paper shows that invasive rats on a tropical island increase chigger abundance and scrub typhus risk by altering habitat and facilitating parasite transmission.
bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2021Ecology