Carried or transmitted by mites; specifically in "mite-borne typhus" (also mite-borne typhus fever), scrub typhus, which is transmitted by trombiculid mites.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Medical Journal of Australia.
Definition of mite-borne in US English:
mite-borne
adjective
Carried or transmitted by mites; specifically in "mite-borne typhus" (also mite-borne typhus fever), scrub typhus, which is transmitted by trombiculid mites.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Medical Journal of Australia.