Scrub typhus

Definition

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.

Also known as Japanese river fever, Kedani fever, scrub mite-borne typhus, tsutsugamushi, tsutsugamushi disease, tsutsugamushi fever — per MONDO

Also identified as

• DOID 13371 per MONDO
• ICD10CM A75.3 per MONDO
• ICD9 081.2 per MONDO
• MESH D012612 per MONDO
• Orphanet 83317 per MONDO
• SCTID 271425001 per MONDO
• UMLS C0036472 per MONDO