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Scrub Typhus

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Definition: An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash.  caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI    Other names Typhus, Scrub; Tsutsugamushi Disease; Tsutsugamushi Fevers; Tsutsugamushi Diseases; Fevers, Tsutsugamushi; Fever, Tsutsugamushi; Diseases, Tsutsugamushi; Disease, Tsutsugamushi; Tsutsugamushi Fever
 
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Sta56 antigen, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi  0   *Antigens, Bacterial *Bacterial Proteins *Membrane Proteins Scrub Typhus. Infect Immun 1990;58(7):2076

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