Tsutsugamushi fever (scrub typhus)

Infectious Disease
Marit Hüller
Tsutsugamushi fever (scrub typhus)
Countries in which Tsutsugamushi fever occurs © Xu G, Walker DH, Jupiter D, Melby PC, Arcari CM: A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(11): e0006062. (2017), via Wikimedia Commons
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Tsutsugamushi fever (scrub typhus) is an infectious disease that is endemic in South, East and Southeast Asia, Oceania and Northern Australia – the Tsutsugamushi Triangle.  

Abstract

Tsutsugamushi fever is an infectious disease that is spread in South, East, Southeast Asia, Oceania and Northern Australia and the causal agent is Orientia tsutsugamushi. Affected are the local population and tourists. The infectious disease is serious because it can lead to death if left untreated. Characteristic, in addition to the sudden onset of illness with fever, is the formation of an eschar at the site of the mite bite through which the infecting bacteria are transmitted.

Keywords: Orientia tsutsugamushi, eschar, infectious disease

Taken from MTA Dialog 11/2019

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