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tsutsugamushi disease

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tsutsugamushi disease [‚tsü·sə·gə′mü·shē di‚zēz]
(medicine)
A rickettsial disease of humans caused byRickettsia tsutsugamushi,transmitted by larval mites, and characterized by headache, high fever, and a rash. Also known as scrub typhus.


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Successful diagnosis using eschar for PCR specimen in tsutsugamushi disease.
Orientia tsutsugamushi in eschars from scrub typhus patients by Foley, Janet E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Scrub typhus, also known as tsutsugamushi disease, is transmitted through "chiggers," the larva of mites.
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In Japan, tsutsugamushi disease occurs most frequently in persons infected with rickettsioses (5).
Reemerging murine typhus, Japan by Uchiyama, Tsuneo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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