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Orientia tsutsugamushi

Medical Definition: A gram-negative, rod-shaped to coccoid bacterium. It is the etiologic agent of SCRUB TYPHUS in humans and is transmitted by mites from rodent reservoirs.
Guide Notes: infection = SCRUB TYPHUS

Orientia tsutsugamushi Medical Definitions and Terms

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