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Descriptor English: Scrub Typhus
Descriptor Spanish: Tifus por Ácaros
Descriptor tifus por ácaros
Entry term(s) enfermedad Tsutsugamushi
infección por Orientia tsutsugamushi
tifus de los matorrales
tifus rural
Scope note: Enfermedad infecciosa aguda causada por ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. Se limita al este y sudeste de Asia, India, norte de Australia y las islas adyacentes. Se caracteriza por la formación de una lesión cutánea primaria en la zona de picadura de un ácaro infectado, fiebre con una duración de dos semanas y erupción maculopapular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tifo por Ácaros
Descriptor French: Fièvre fluviale du Japon
Entry term(s): Disease, Tsutsugamushi
Diseases, Tsutsugamushi
Fever, Tsutsugamushi
Fevers, Tsutsugamushi
Infection, Orientia tsutsugamushi
Infections, Orientia tsutsugamushi
Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection
Orientia tsutsugamushi Infections
Tsutsugamushi Disease
Tsutsugamushi Diseases
Tsutsugamushi Fever
Tsutsugamushi Fevers
Typhus, Scrub
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.400.789.850
C01.920.914.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012612
Scope note: An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash.
Annotation: caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE was TSUTSUGAMUSHI see SCRUB TYPHUS 1963-91
Online Note: use SCRUB TYPHUS to search TSUTSUGAMUSHI 1966-91
History Note: TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE was TSUTSUGAMUSHI see SCRUB TYPHUS 1963-91
DeCS ID: 22665
Unique ID: D012612
NLM Classification: WC 630
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Scrub Typhus - Preferred
Concept UI M0019567
Scope note An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash.
Preferred term Scrub Typhus
Entry term(s) Disease, Tsutsugamushi
Diseases, Tsutsugamushi
Fever, Tsutsugamushi
Fevers, Tsutsugamushi
Infection, Orientia tsutsugamushi
Infections, Orientia tsutsugamushi
Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection
Orientia tsutsugamushi Infections
Tsutsugamushi Disease
Tsutsugamushi Diseases
Tsutsugamushi Fever
Tsutsugamushi Fevers
Typhus, Scrub



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