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scrub typhus

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scrub typhus: see rickettsia rickettsia (rĭkĕt`sēə)
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; typhus typhus, any of a group of infectious diseases caused by microorganisms classified between bacteria and viruses, known as rickettsias. Typhus diseases are characterized by high fever and an early onset of rash and headache.
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Sixteen of 31 serum samples from patients with suspected scrub typhus had titers 40-160 on Weil-Felix agglutination test with Proteus OXK antigen in 2003.
At that time, he became ill with scrub typhus, a type of tropical disease, and was sent to a field hospital.
At least one other disease -- scrub typhus -- has also been found to suppress HIV, but only in some patients.
 
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