tsutsugamushi mite

tsutsugamushi mite
noun
: any of several mites of the genus Trombicula that are vectors of the rickettsia causing tsutsugamushi disease

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Mite-borne typhus — Scrub: typhus, a mite borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or… …   Medical dictionary

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  • tsutsugamushi disease — noun Etymology: Japanese tsutsugamushi scrub typhus mite, from tsutsuga sickness + mushi insect Date: 1906 scrub typhus …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tsutsugamushi disease — [ˌtsu:tsu:gə mʊʃi] noun another term for scrub typhus. Origin early 20th cent.: tsutsugamushi, from the Japanese name of the mite which transmits the disease …   English new terms dictionary

  • tsutsugamushi disease — /tsooh tseuh geuh mooh shee, tsooh /, Pathol. See scrub typhus. [ < Japn tsutsuga mushi typhus mite, equiv. to tsutsuga hindrance, ailment (earlier tutu(n)ga, deriv. of tutumi to hinder, with ka place) + mushi vermin] * * * …   Universalium

  • akamushi mite — |äkə|müshē noun Etymology: Japanese, from aka red + mushi bug : tsutsugamushi mite …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Orientia tsutsugamushi — Orientia Orientia tsutsugamushi Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria …   Wikipedia

  • Disease, Tsutsugamushi — Scrub typhus, a mite borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or… …   Medical dictionary

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