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scrub typhus
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Definition of SCRUB TYPHUS
: 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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First Known Use of SCRUB TYPHUS
1929
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scrub typhus
noun
Medical Definition of SCRUB TYPHUS
: an acute febrile disease that is caused by a rickettsial bacterium (Orientia tsutsugamushi synonym Rickettsia tsutsugamushi) transmitted by mite larvae, resembles louse-borne typhus, and is widespread in the western Pacific area—called also tsutsugamushi, tsutsugamushi disease
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