See Also: mite-borne typhus(medicine)
typhus, mite-borne(medicine)
mite typhus(medicine)
mite-born typhus(medicine)
flea-borne typhus(medicine)
typhus, louse-borne(medicine)
louse-borne typhus(medicine)
typhus, endemic flea-borne(medicine)
typhus, epidemic louse-borne(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

mite-borne typhus (medicine)


mite-borne typhus
Scrub: typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tache noire) at the site of the chigger (mite larva) bite. This disease occurs in the area bounded by japan, india, and Australia. Known also as tsutsugamushi disease and tropical typhus.