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'''Scrub typhus''' or '''Bush typhus'''<!-- Australian Term: See pic + caption on [[Battle of Buna–Gona]] --> is a form of [[typhus]] caused by the [[intracellular parasite]] ''[[Orientia tsutsugamushi]]'', a [[Gram-negative]] [[α-proteobacterium]] of [[family (biology)|family]] [[Rickettsiaceae]] first isolated and identified in 1930 in Japan.<ref name="pmid18281226">{{cite journal | |||
|author=Tseng BY, Yang HH, Liou JH, Chen LK, Hsu YH | |||
|title=Immunohistochemical study of scrub typhus: a report of two cases | |||
|journal=Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=92–8 |year=2008 | |||
|month=February |pmid=18281226 | |||
|doi= 10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70103-7 | |||
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name="medscape">[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/971797-overview Pediatric Scrub Typhus], accessdate: 16 October 2011</ref> | |||
Scrub typhus is transmitted by some species of trombiculid mites ("[[Harvest mite|chiggers]]", particularly ''[[Leptotrombidium deliense]]''),<ref>{{cite journal | |||
|title=Detection of ''Orientia tsutsugamushi'' (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in unengorged chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Oita Prefecture, Japan, by nested polymerase chain reaction|author=Pham XD, Otsuka Y, Suzuki H, Takaoka H|journal=J Med Entomol|volume=38|issue=2|year=2001|pages=308–311|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/jme/2001/00000038/00000002/art00029?crawler=true|pmid=11296840 | |||
|doi=10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.308}}</ref> which are found in areas of heavy scrub vegetation. The bite of this mite leaves a characteristic black [[eschar]] that is useful to the doctor for making the diagnosis. | |||
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[[Category:Rickettsioses]] | [[Category:Rickettsioses]] | ||
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Causes
Scrub typhus or Bush typhus is a form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi, a Gram-negative α-proteobacterium of family Rickettsiaceae first isolated and identified in 1930 in Japan.[1][2]
Scrub typhus is transmitted by some species of trombiculid mites ("chiggers", particularly Leptotrombidium deliense),[3] which are found in areas of heavy scrub vegetation. The bite of this mite leaves a characteristic black eschar that is useful to the doctor for making the diagnosis.
References
- ↑ Tseng BY, Yang HH, Liou JH, Chen LK, Hsu YH (2008). "Immunohistochemical study of scrub typhus: a report of two cases". Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. 24 (2): 92–8. doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70103-7. PMID 18281226. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Pediatric Scrub Typhus, accessdate: 16 October 2011
- ↑ Pham XD, Otsuka Y, Suzuki H, Takaoka H (2001). "Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in unengorged chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Oita Prefecture, Japan, by nested polymerase chain reaction". J Med Entomol. 38 (2): 308–311. doi:10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.308. PMID 11296840.