scrub typhus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tsutsugamushi, tsutsugamushi disease, bush typhus, Japanese river fever, Kedani fever, scrub mite-borne typhus, Japanese river fever (disorder), Kedani fever (disorder)
form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi
Research
3,536 papers- A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017
- Scrub typhus and antibiotic-resistant Orientia tsutsugamushi.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2021
- Scrub typhus.The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India · 2005
- Scrub Typhus.Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals · 2020
- Neurological Manifestations of Scrub Typhus.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- typhus
- Image
- Orientia tsutsugamushi.JPG
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- symptoms and signs
- insomnia
- medical examination
- immunofluorescence microscopy
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- chloramphenicol
- health specialty
- infectious diseases
- exact match
- www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_83317
- ICD-9-CM
- 081.2
- has cause
- Orientia tsutsugamushi
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- has natural reservoir
- Insectivora
- anatomical location
- central nervous system
- minimal incubation period in humans
- 6
- maximal incubation period in humans
- 20
- Commons category
- Scrub typhus
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