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- DictionaryScrub ty·phus/ˌskrəb ˌtīfəs/
noun
- 1. a rickettsial disease transmitted to humans by mites and found in parts of eastern Asia.
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- Scrub typhus
Form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi
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. Although the disease is similar in presentation to other forms of typhus, its pathogen is no longer included in genus Rickettsia with the typhus bacteria proper, but in Orientia. The d... Wikipedia
