scrub typhus

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scrub typhus: see rickettsia rickettsia , any of a group of very small microorganisms, many disease-causing, that live in vertebrates and are transmitted by bloodsucking parasitic arthropods such as fleas, lice (see louse), and ticks.
..... Click the link for more information. ; 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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scrub typhus [′skrəb ‚tī·fəs]

(medicine)

tsutsugamushi disease

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