Scrub Typhus
An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash.
Year introduced: TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE was TSUTSUGAMUSHI see SCRUB TYPHUS 1963-1991
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Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.789.850, C01.920.914.850
MeSH Unique ID: D012612
Entry Terms:
- Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection
- Infection, Orientia tsutsugamushi
- Infections, Orientia tsutsugamushi
- Orientia tsutsugamushi Infections
- Typhus, Scrub
- Tsutsugamushi Disease
- Diseases, Tsutsugamushi
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi
- Tsutsugamushi Diseases
- Tsutsugamushi Fever
- Fevers, Tsutsugamushi
- Fever, Tsutsugamushi
- Tsutsugamushi Fevers