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Preferred term

Orientia tsutsugamushi  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
  • txid784

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NZ6R5FX4-9

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