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tsutsugamushi disease
tsu·tsu·ga·mu·shi disease T0397800 (tso͞o′tso͞o-gə-mo͞o′shē)n. See scrub typhus.
[Japanese tsutsugamushi, typhus mite : tsutsuga, illness + mushi, tick.]tsutsugamushi disease (ˌtsʊtsʊɡəˈmʊʃɪ) n1. (Pathology) one of the five major groups of acute infectious rickettsial diseases affecting man, common in Asia and including scrub typhus. It is caused by the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, transmitted by the bite of mites2. (Pathology) another name for scrub typhus[from Japanese, from tsutsuga disease + mushi insect]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tsutsugamushi disease - transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asiascrub typhusrickettsial disease, rickettsiosis - infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria |
tsutsugamushi disease
tsutsugamushi disease[‚tsü·sə·gə′mü·shē di‚zēz] (medicine) A rickettsial disease of humans caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, transmitted by larval mites, and characterized by headache, high fever, and a rash. Also known as scrub typhus. tsutsugamushi disease
tsu·tsu·ga·mu·shi dis·easean acute infectious disease, caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by the mites Trombicula akamushi and T. deliensis, which occurs in harvesters of hemp in some parts of Southeast Asia including Japan; characterized by fever, painful swelling of the lymphatic glands, a small blackish scab on the genitals, neck, or axilla, and an eruption of large dark red papules. Synonym(s): akamushi disease, flood fever, inundation fever, island disease, island fever, Japanese river fever, kedani fever, mite typhus, scrub typhus, shimamushi disease, tropic typhus, tsutsugamushi fevertsutsugamushi disease (tso͞o′tso͞o-gə-mo͞o′shē)n. See scrub typhus.tsu·tsu·ga·mu·shi dis·ease (tsū'tsū-gă-mū'shē di-zēz') An acute infectious disease, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by Trombicula akamushi and T. deliensis, which occurs in harvesters of hemp in some parts of Japan; characterized by fever, painful swelling of the lymphatic glands, a small, blackish scab (on the genitals, neck, or axilla), and an eruption of large, dark red papules.
Synonym(s): akamushi disease, mite typhus, scrub typhus, tropical typhus. Tsutsugamushi disease Scrub TYPHUS, a disease caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi , and transmitted by larval mites. It features headache, high fever and a rash.tsutsugamushi disease
Related to tsutsugamushi disease: Tsutsugamushi feverSynonyms for tsutsugamushi diseasenoun transmitted by larval mites and widespread in AsiaSynonymsRelated Words- rickettsial disease
- rickettsiosis
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