| Descriptor English: | Orientia tsutsugamushi | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Orientia tsutsugamushi                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Orientia tsutsugamushi | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Orientia tsutsugamushi | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Rickettsia tsutsugamushi | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        B03.660.050.783.875.650.450.500 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012285 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. | 
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| Annotation: | infection = SCRUB TYPHUS | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        CH                                                            chemistry CL classification CY cytology DE drug effects EN enzymology GD growth & development GE genetics IM immunology IP isolation & purification ME metabolism PH physiology PY pathogenicity RE radiation effects UL ultrastructure VI virology  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 99; see RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI 1966-98 | 
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| History Note: | 99(66) | 
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| Entry Version: | O TSUTSU | 
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| DeCS ID: | 12698 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D012285 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 | 
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Bacteria [B03]Bacteria 
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| Scope note | 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. | 
| Preferred term | Orientia tsutsugamushi | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Rickettsia tsutsugamushi                                                 | 
                                
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