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Diseases » Scrub typhus » Summary
 

What is Scrub typhus?

What is Scrub typhus?

  • Scrub typhus: Type of typhus usually caught from ticks.
  • Scrub typhus: 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.
    Source - Diseases Database
  • Scrub typhus: transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia.
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Scrub typhus: Introduction

Types of Scrub typhus:

Broader types of Scrub typhus:

How serious is Scrub typhus?

Complications of Scrub typhus: see complications of Scrub typhus

What causes Scrub typhus?

Causes of Scrub typhus: see causes of Scrub typhus

What are the symptoms of Scrub typhus?

Symptoms of Scrub typhus: see symptoms of Scrub typhus

Complications of Scrub typhus: see complications of Scrub typhus

Scrub typhus: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Scrub typhus.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Scrub typhus.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Scrub typhus: see treatments for Scrub typhus
Research for Scrub typhus: see research for Scrub typhus

Name and Aliases of Scrub typhus

Main name of condition: Scrub typhus

Class of Condition for Scrub typhus: parasite

Other names or spellings for Scrub typhus:

tropical typhus, akamushi disease, shimamushi disease, island disease, tsutsugamushi disease, miteborne typhus, tsutsugamushi fever, Japanese flood fever, river fever, Kedani fever, inundation fever, island fever, Mossman fever

Japanese river fever, Kedani fever, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia orientalis, Scrub mite-borne typhus, Tsutsugamushi disease Source - Diseases Database

Tsutsugamushi disease, Scrub typhus
Source - WordNet 2.1

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