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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 | |||
|url=http://ajws.elsevier.com/ajws_pubmed/pubmed_switch.asp?journal_issn=1607-551X&art_pub_year=2008&%20art_pub_month=02&art_pub_vol=24&art_sp=92 | |||
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name="medscape">[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/971797-overview Pediatric Scrub Typhus], accessdate: 16 October 2011</ref> | |||
Although the disease is similar in presentation to other forms of [[typhus]], its [[pathogen]] is not anymore included in [[genus]] ''[[Rickettsia]]'' with the typhus bacteria proper, but in ''[[Orientia]]''. The disease is thus frequently classified separately from the other typhi. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Rickettsioses]] | [[Category:Rickettsioses]] | ||
[[Category:Bacterium-related cutaneous conditions]] | [[Category:Bacterium-related cutaneous conditions]] | ||
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Overview
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]
Although the disease is similar in presentation to other forms of typhus, its pathogen is not anymore included in genus Rickettsia with the typhus bacteria proper, but in Orientia. The disease is thus frequently classified separately from the other typhi.
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