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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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