SCRUB TYPHUS


Meaning of SCRUB TYPHUS in English

Function: noun

Date: 1929

: an acute febrile bacterial disease that is caused by a rickettsia ( Orientia tsutsugamushi syn. Rickettsia tsutsugamushi ) transmitted by mite larvae, resembles typhus transmitted by lice, and is widespread in the western Pacific area ― called also tsutsugamushi disease

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