MeSH 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.;
MeSH synonym : rickettsia tsutsugamushi;
MeSH annotation : infection SCRUB TYPHUS;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientia tsutsugamushi;
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.