>Rickettsia Tsutsugamushi
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
microorganism
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cause of scrub typhus
scrub typhusIn scrub typhus
…is caused by the parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi and is transmitted to humans by the bite of certain kinds of trombiculid mites, or chiggers. The causative agent of scrub typhus, the bacterium O. tsutsugamushi, is primarily a parasite of certain mites, of which two closely related species, Leptotrombidium (Trombicula) akamushi and…
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