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Descriptor English:   Scrub Typhus 
Descriptor Spanish:   Tifus por Ácaros 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Tifo por Ácaros 
Synonyms English:   Tsutsugamushi Disease
Typhus, Scrub  
Tree Number:   C01.252.400.780.850
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI
History Note English:   TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE was TSUTSUGAMUSHI see SCRUB TYPHUS 1963-91 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy TM transmission
US ultrasonography UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   22665 
Unique Identifier:   D012612 

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