TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE


Meaning of TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE in English

[tsu.tsu.ga.mu.shi disease] n [Jp tsutsugamushi scrub typhus mite, fr. tsutsuga sickness + mushi insect] (1906): an acute febrile bacterial disease that is caused by a rickettsia (Rickettsia tsutsugamushi) transmitted by mite larvae, resembles louse-borne typhus, and is widespread in the western Pacific area--called also scrub typhus, tsutsugamushi

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