恙虫病在我国分布较广泛,且其病程较长,对部队的健康及战斗力的损害也较大。为了保证指战员的健康,使不受恙虫病的威胁,我们根据国内外对恙虫病预防研究工作的进展,及我国恙虫病的流行情况,在部队中进行了以个人防护为重点的综合措施。第二次世界大战时,在伊里安的美军曾以军服涂抹药物来预防恙虫病,经一年半的试验,确实降低了作战部队的发病率(McCulloch;1946);当时他们所用的药品是苯二甲酸二丁醋。该药通过实验室恙虫止动试验,证实对Schongastia pusilla等恙螨具有 Tsutsugamushi disease is widely distributed in our country, and its longer duration, the damage to the health and combat effectiveness of troops is also larger. In order to ensure the health of commanders and soldiers and to protect themselves against the scrub typhus, we conducted a comprehensive measure focused on personal protection in the army based on the progress made in the prevention research on scrub typhus at home and abroad and the prevalence of scrub typhus in our country. During the Second World War, the U.S. military in Irian had used armor to prevent scrub typhus and, after a year and a half of trials, actually reduced the incidence of combat units (McCulloch; 1946); when the drugs they used were benzene Dibutyl dicarboxylate. The drug passed the scrub test in the laboratory, confirmed that Schongastia pusilla and other chigger mites have