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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Rickettsiales > Rickettsiaceae > Rickettsieae > Orientia > Orientia tsutsugamushi
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Preferred term

Orientia tsutsugamushi  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

Note

  • infection = SCRUB TYPHUS

Scope note

  • A gram-negative, rod-shaped to coccoid bacterium. It is the etiologic agent of SCRUB TYPHUS in humans and is transmitted by mites from rodent reservoirs.

History note

  • 99(66)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012285

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