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Scrub typhus
What is Scrub typhus?
Scrub typhus is a rare dust mite-borne infectious disease caused by the
Orientia tsutsugamushi
bacterium and characterized clinically by an eruptive fever which is potentially serious.
Other condition names
Tsutsugamushi disease
Tsutsugamushi fever
Age of Onset
All ages
Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on
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. Data version 1.3.16 / 4.1.7.