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Medical Definition of Laelaps echidninus
1. The spiny rat mite, a common worldwide ectoparasite of the wild Norway rat and occasionally found on the house mouse, cotton rat, and other rodents; it is the natural vector of Hepatozoon muris and can transmit the agent of tularaemia experimentally. Junin virus has been isolated from this species in South America. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laelaps Echidninus
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